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Day 355 Book 6, Chapter 19

Therefore, let us begin our preparations here with confidence. Let us send envoys to secure the loyalty of some Sicilian Greeks while winning over others as friends and allies. We must dispatch ambassadors throughout Sicily to demonstrate that this d...

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