consisted of 600,000 foot and 24,000 horsemen, 27,000 chariots and 400 ships of war.
With these hosts he subdued many of the Asiatic and African nations, carving his name and likeness, as trophies of victory, on the rocks of the conquered countries.

Herodotus speaks of having seen two of these inscriptions himself (II.

102-106.) and two are still to be found not far from Bairut.

His conquests brought vast sums of tribute into Egypt.

Tacitus annal.II.60.and these enabled him to erect magnificent buildings in the whole length of his land from Nubia to Tanis, but more especially in Thebes, the city in which he resided.