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The Peloponnesian War

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Day 283 Book 5, Chapter 15

Cleon, whom we last saw sailing from Torone toward Amphipolis, established his headquarters at Eion. After failing to capture Stagirus, an Andrian colony, he successfully stormed Galepsus, a Thasian settlement. He then dispatched ambassadors to Perdi...

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