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And finally he so glutted them with warA Homeric reminiscence. that the Persian kings, who at other times were not accustomed to make peace with their rebellious subjects until they had become masters of their persons, gladly made peace,For the actual facts see Dio. Sic. 15.9. abandoning this custom and leaving entirely undisturbed the authority of Evagoras.
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And although the king within three years397-394 B.C. destroyed the dominion of the Lacedaemonians,An exaggeration: it was the Spartan sea-power only that was destroyed. who were then at the height of their glory and power, yet after he had waged war against Evagoras for ten years,390-380 (?) B.C. he left him lord of all that he had possessed before he entered upon the war. But the most amazing thing of all is this: the city which, held by another prince, Evagoras had captured with fifty men, the Great King, with all his vast power, was unable to subdue at all.
