Ascalon was ruined. The other cities opened their gates, as Jerusalem did. (Josephus, Antiquities xi. ultra) --- Batis alone resolved to defend Gaza. He was dragged round the city when it was taken, after a siege of two months; the inhabitants were slaughtered or sold, and others brought in their stead. (Curtius iv.; Diodorus Oly. cxii.)

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