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... ships and an army of 700,000 men Dareios , it is said , reached the 516 B.C. ( ? ) bridge of boats thrown across the Thrakian Bosporos , and thence marched on through Thrace to the spot where the Ionians whose ships had been sent round ...
... ships and an army of 700,000 men Dareios , it is said , reached the 516 B.C. ( ? ) bridge of boats thrown across the Thrakian Bosporos , and thence marched on through Thrace to the spot where the Ionians whose ships had been sent round ...
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... ships under the command of Melan- thios . But he forgot that the circumstances of the two cities were widely different . Athens was already virtually at war with Persia ; and in pledging themselves to help Aristagoras , the Athenians ...
... ships under the command of Melan- thios . But he forgot that the circumstances of the two cities were widely different . Athens was already virtually at war with Persia ; and in pledging themselves to help Aristagoras , the Athenians ...
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... ships was refused by the Chians ; but he succeeded in persuading the Lesbians to man eight triremes and sail under his command to Byzantion , where he seized all Ionian ships entering from the Black Sea except such as were at once ...
... ships was refused by the Chians ; but he succeeded in persuading the Lesbians to man eight triremes and sail under his command to Byzantion , where he seized all Ionian ships entering from the Black Sea except such as were at once ...
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... ships which were anchored . For seven days they endured this terrible tax on their patience : but at the end of the week Ionian nature could hold out no longer . Many were already sick ; many more were threatened with illness . In short ...
... ships which were anchored . For seven days they endured this terrible tax on their patience : but at the end of the week Ionian nature could hold out no longer . Many were already sick ; many more were threatened with illness . In short ...
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... ships , it is said , on the iron coast of mount Athos , about twenty thousand men being killed either by the force of the waves beating against the rocks or by the sharks which abounded in this part of the sea . The disaster made it ...
... ships , it is said , on the iron coast of mount Athos , about twenty thousand men being killed either by the force of the waves beating against the rocks or by the sharks which abounded in this part of the sea . The disaster made it ...
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