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reported finding there extensive ruins of thick walls, constructed of small stones and mortar, among which appear many squared blocks in the
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destroyed the treasure, killed his family, and committed suicide as the food ran out. Cimon turned the course of the River
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re-establishing control over the Thrace, including Eion, and a
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with his squadron in time to save it. Although he held Eion, Thucydides was subsequently ostracized by the
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colony in Thracian Macedonia specifically in the region of
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