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The Peloponnesian War

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Day 287 Book 5, Chapter 15

Following these events, all the allied forces assembled under arms to bury Brasidas at public expense within the city, in front of what is now the agora. The Amphipolitans enclosed his tomb and have ever since offered sacrifices to him as a hero, est...

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