Attentive to the projects they might have formed on that side, they neglected the seas on the south; whether it was that the Ptolemies, by means of their fleets on the Red Sea, had already become the masters of it, or that they discovered an invincible aversion in the Persians against engaging in maritime affairs.
dela Ptolomeotarrek, Itsaso Gorriko ontzien bidez, jadanik inperioa osatua zutelako, dela pertsiarrengan itsasoarekiko axolagabezia garaitezina aurkitu zutelako.