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and closed it of by constructing a wall which ran from sea to sea. After receiving many gifts from the local Greeks, he transported his army back to Asia.
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as commander of the army that was sent to support the Ionian Greeks against the Persians. Arriving in
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recruited a large army of 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry from their Satrapies and marched on
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who were under attack from the Thracians of Europe. Dercylidas drove the Thracian from the
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After having ravaged the Bithynian countryside he took his force across the
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commander during the late 5th and early 4th century BCE. He was nicknamed
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After allying himself with Tissaphernes and Meidias, Dercylidas attacked
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he took command of Thibron's army and advanced against the cities of the
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that his command would be prolonged for another year at least.
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Index

Greek
Spartan
Sisyphus
harmost
Abydos
Hellespont
Antisthenes of Sparta
Thibron
Asia-Minor
Troad
Hamaxitus
Colonae
Arisba
Ilium
armistice
Pharnabazus
Satrap
Hellespontine Phrygia
Thracians
Bithynia
Dardanelles
Europe
Chersonese
peninsula
Tissaphernes
Ionia
Lydia
Ephesus
Pharnabazus
Agesilaus

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