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For full four years 1 after the conquest of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt he was equipping his force and preparing all that was needed for it; before the fifth year was completed, he set forth on his march with the might of a great multitude.
For full four years 1 after the conquest of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt he was equipping his force and preparing all that was needed for it; before the fifth year was completed, he set forth on his march with the might of a great multitude.
[2] This was by far the greatest of all expeditions that we know of. The one that
Darius led against the
Scythians is nothing compared to it; neither is the
Scythian expedition when they burst into Media
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in pursuit of the
Cimmerians and subdued and ruled almost all the upper lands of
Asia (continent)Asia (it was for this that
Darius afterwards attempted to punish them). According to the reports, the expedition led by the sons of
Atreus against
+Troy [26.2833,39.9167] (Perseus) Troy is also nothing by comparison; neither is the one of the
Mysians and
Teucrians which before the
Trojan war crossed the
+Karadeniz Bogazi (strait), Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Bosporus into
Europe (continent)Europe,
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subdued all the
Thracians, and came down to the
+Ionian Sea [19,39] (sea), Europe Ionian sea, marching southward as far as the river
Peneus.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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