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Demosthenes' Philippics

In Our Time

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What Are Demosthenes' Strengths?

Demosthenes tried to persuade the Athenians to create a massive, rapid reaction force based in Athens. He picks off one city by one - Amphipolis and Olympus are his main targets. But at the same time he does a quite clever job of saying that only reason why he's doing well is because you guys have been caught napping. If you just anticipate his moves, you will actually be able to counter him.

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