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27: 368: 362: 308: 94:(which was taken by Alexander in 334 BC). But the Olbians "gave freedom to their slaves, granted the rights of citizenship to foreigners, changed promissory notes and thus managed to survive the 102:
and possibly some other Greek communities in the area. Curtius Rufus mentions a great storm on the sea that devastated the Macedonian navy. Zopyrion, lacking resources to continue the
149:. Alexander the Great "was affected with various emotions, but felt more joy at learning of the deaths of two rival kings, than sorrow at the loss of Zopyrion and his army". 200: 345: 290: 185: 445: 411: 460: 435: 106:, decided to retreat. On his way back, Scythians destroyed his army by constant raids. Defeat was probably accomplished beyond the 470: 118:
avenging Alexander's devastation of their lands in 335 BC. Zopyrion perished with his troops in the winter at the end of 331 BC.
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For this purpose, he collected a force of thirty thousand men. They marched along the
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Advances in Ancient Black Sea Studies: Historiography, Archaeology and Religion
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Quintus Curtius Rufus; J. E. Atkinson; John Yardley (15 June 2009).
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Alexander the Great learnt about his fate from a letter from
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Epitome of the Philippic History of Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus
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Epitome of the Philippic History of Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus
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Index

Zopyrion (skipper)

Olanesti
Moldova
Ancient Greek
Macedonian
Thrace
Pontus
Alexander the Great
Scythian lands
Black Sea
besieged
Olbia
Miletus
siege
Scythians
siege
Danube
Getae
Triballi
Antipater
Agis
Sparta
Greece
Alexander
Epirus
Italy


Quintus Curtius Rufus. Histories of Alexander the Great Macedonian. Book X, Chapter 1, 44 (Latin)

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