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This downturn of fortunes was the source of much concern at Athens, the decision to reject Sparta's peace offer became an item of much popular regret. [6] Noting this turn of popular opinion, Cleon , who had been the principal advocate of rejecting the peace offer, claimed that the reports brought back from the scene must be inaccurate.
Sparta 200 Plataean and Athenian POWs executed First massacre of Corcyran oligarchs: 427 BC Corcyra: Unknown Corcyran popular party Corcyran oligarchs executed by the popular party Mytilenean revolt: 427 BC Mytilene: 1,000 Athens: Ringleaders of the rebellion executed Helot Massacre: 425 BC Peloponnese: 2,000 Sparta 2,000 Helot slaves executed ...
Alexander I of Macedon, runner and Olympic winner; Astylos of Croton; Pheidippides Phidippides, acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic Marathon race, who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the Battle of Marathon, resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won".
The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, and Molise, but mostly concentrated in the regions of Calabria and Sicily).
The vast majority of cities did as asked, fearing the wrath of Darius. In Athens, however, the ambassadors were put on trial and then executed; in Sparta, they were simply thrown down a well. [47] This firmly and finally drew the battle-lines for the coming conflict; Sparta and Athens, despite their recent enmity, would together fight the Persians.
Wayne Ford, Athens Banner-Herald June 5, 2024 at 12:52 PM An Athens business has reported an embezzlement by a former employee that alleges the theft of more than $3 million over a period of six ...
People of Abruzzese descent (47 P) People from the Province of Pescara (6 C, 16 P) ... People from the Province of Teramo (5 C, 13 P) W. Writers from Abruzzo (2 P)