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36 - Lysander 1: Death of Democracy

Cost of Glory

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Calicrotitus and the Athenians

Athenian navarc Calicrotidus was forced to fight against the spartan alliance. He managed to scrape together funds from his reluctant allies, and a few months later, he's inflicted some substantial reverses on the athenians. But then something strange happened, because after the battle, the athenian generals had to make a tough call. They decided that it was just too dangerous, or maybe even impossible, to rescue their men. And so most of those crews drowned. The citizens have a lot of time to imagine their brothers and cousins and fathers and friends, their countrymen waiting for their comrades to rescue them as the sky darkened,. slowly losing hope and succ

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