By the institution of taxes, Darius had incurred the less odious, but more contemptible, name of KaphloV, merchant or broker, (Herodotus, iii.

89.)] [Footnote 7: Acropolita (c.

63) seems to admire his own firmness in sustaining a beating, and not returning to council till he was called.
He relates the exploits of Theodore, and his own services, from c.

53 to c.

74 of his history.