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Alexander's Successors at War: The Spartan Adventurer

The Ancients

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Athens's Most Wanted, Harpalus

Demosthenes was trying to persuade the macedonians to let athens retain control over samos. But if they were to have any chance of convincing the macedonian monarch to change his mind, ridding their city of harpalus was essential. Securing samos took precedence. A solution was conjured. Harpalus and his crew sailed south, keeping close to the peloponnesian coast line. His past submission had seen him sacrifice a small fortune, confiscated by the athenians upon his arrest. It was to tynarum that harpalus sailed.

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