ウェブIn historical times, the city was first ruled by the Hittites, followed by Assyria, and then by the Persian Empire.As the principal town of Cilicia, Tarsus was the seat of a Persian satrapy from 400 BC onward. Indeed, Xenophon records that in 401 BC, when Cyrus the Younger marched against Babylon, the city was governed by King Syennesis in the …