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The Peloponnesian War

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Day 204 Book 3, Chapter 11

At the beginning of spring, Mount Etna erupted with streams of lava, as it had done before, destroying portions of land belonging to the Catanians who inhabit the slopes of this mountain—Sicily's largest. According to reports, fifty years had passed ...

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