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- #000|A warrior nation, once the|unchallenged master of the|Greek world.|
- #001|Euclid, a disciple of Soc-|rates, was from Megara, a |town proverbial for stupidity|
- #002|Fabled seat of Oedipus,|besieged by 7 Argive chiefs|before the Trojan War.|
- #003|Capital of the island king-|dom of Crete, home of the|mythic Minotaur.|
- #004|The Illyrians have made |this thriving port their|capital.|
- #005|The imperial city built on |seven hills. Centre of a|celebrated empire.|
- #006|A port city of no major|strategic importance.||
- #007|In 260BC the Roman bat-|tle fleet fell in with a Pun-|ic squadron and won.|
- #008|A city whose commanding|position on the straits made |it a desirable conquest.|
- #009|Once a major Punic|stronghold.||
- #010|A Punic base which in 213|BC took refuge from Ro-|me as an ally of Carthage.|
- #011|In 244BC a Latin colony|established here on land con-|fiscated by Rome.|
- #012|Strongly garrisoned for|defence and strategically |well-placed for naval attack|
- #013|Founded by the Etruscans|and a centre for the bronze|and ceramic industries.|
- #014|The centre of the Eleatic|philosophers.||
- #015|In 279BC Pyrrhus & his|army of elephants fought a|hard fight with Rome here.|
- #016|Trajan spent large sums|improving the harbour works|at Ancona. Strategic.|
- #017|An Adriatic port of |Northern Italy.||
- #018|Roman port city of the|Adriatic.||
- #019|On the island of Corsica|& of no great strategic imp-|ortance. It guards a ruin.|
- #020|Famous for its ceramic|industry and as a centre of|trade throughout the empire.|
- #021|Harbour at the mouth of the|Tiber with granaries. Often|raided by pirates.|
- #022|Rome established its colony|here in 291BC.||
- #023|A source of naval strength|for Rome.||
- #024|A fine port to embark |from in launching an attack|on Corcyra & then Attica.|
- #025|An ally of Rome which|privided ships as part of its|strategic commitment.|
- #026|Home of the famed|Oracle.||
- #027|A port which features in|the poems of Homer.||
- #028|A port strategically placed,|a stone's throw from Italy,|a brief march from Attica.|
- #029|An important port of|southern Italy.||
- #030|Not far from the capital,|Syracuse, and important|as a naval base.|
- #031|Aeschylus, father of Greek|tragedy, visited the Sicilian|capital in 468BC.|
- #032|A Mycenaean town tradit-|ionally ruled by Nestor. |Overlooks Navarino Bay.|
- #033|Invaded by the Boeotians|in 370-369BC who failed|to take the arsenal.|
- #034|Fixed in rivalry with|neighbouring town of Elis.||
- #035|One of the great Pan-|hellenic centres, home of the|Olympian Games.|
- #036|Until 399 BC port of|the Eleans of Elis.||
- #037|A Mycenaean town of|some strength while Athens|was yet comparatively weak|
- #038|Attacked by Athens in 459|BC and again in 429BC by|an army led by Pericles.|
- #039|Invaluable strategically. |Useful as a base for raiding|Corinth and Megara.|
- #040|A port of some strategic|interest.||
- #041|An important and powerful|trading nation noted for its|loose living!|
- #042|A seaside town not to be|confused with the Minoan|culture of the Cretans.|
- #043|Mycenaean town, usurped|control of Olympia in |572 BC.|
- #044|Athens, heartland of classi-|cal culture, prime mover in|Greek politics.|
- #045|Minoan city, now buried|under Khania, the modern|capital of Crete.|
- #046|Washed by waves and |storm, a Cretan town of|no strategic import.|
- #047|A large palace and fine|houses reflect the prosperity|of this Cretan town.|
- #048|Founded by Athens in|437-6 BC.||
- #049|Port of Athens. Strategi-|cally important.||
- #050|Euboean city overthrown by|the Athenian Demosthenes|in 341 BC.|
- #051|With neighbouring Oreus|formed part of the Euboeic|League in 341 BC.|
- #052|Euboean city which re-|mained loyal to Athens in |the Euboean revolt 348BC.|
- #053|In a pass near Thermopylae|Leonidas and his 300 Spar-|tans faced the Persian host.|
- #054|Thracian town named after|Heracles, founder of the|Olympian Games.|
- #055|Port city in Thrace invaded|by Xerxes' great army in |480BC.|
- #056|An attack on Methone by |Athens in 431BC was thw-|arted by Spartan Brasidas.|
- #057|Near the Spartan colony|Heraclea in Thrace. Gar-|isoned by Spartans.|
- #058|Set on a rocky coastline,|home of the legendary |Calydonian boar.|
- #059|Set by the sea and rocky|Calydon. A brief march|from Athens.|
- #060|Port city of Ilyria, named|for the god Apollo.||
- #061|A colony of Corcyra.|||
- #062|A naval nation only a short|jump from the heel of |Italy. |
- #063|Set strategically on the south|side of Ambraciot Gulf & |on the north of Ambracia.|
- #064|Allied with old enemy|Athens in 343BC against|Philip of Macedonia.|
- #065|Western Boeotian town|of minor import.||
- #066|A town in western Boeotia|where Athenian General |Tolmides fell in 447BC.|
- #067|A Phocian city, restored to|the Boeotian confederacy by|Philip of Macedonia 346BC|
- #068|Named for Philip of|Macedon, father of the |great Alexander.|
- #069|A minor port of Illyria.|Handy for attacking the|coast of Southern Italy.|
- #070|A seaport of Illyria.|||
- #071|Seat of Philip & his in-|vincible son Alexander of|the sunblast shield.|
- #072|Famed for its cavalry.|||
- #073|Macedonian city named|after the regent Antipater.||
- #074|An inland town of |Macedonia set upon rocky|hills.|
- #075|A port named for the dau-|ghter of Priam & Hecuba,|gifted with prophetic power.|
- #076|Named for the daughter|of the incestuous Oedipus.||
- #077|Adriatic seaport captured|by Octavian in 36 BC.||
- #078|Like Helorus, a port city|of only distant importance|as a naval base.|
- #079|A Punic city. In 213 BC|the inhabitants of this city|massacred by Rome.|
- #080|Like most port cities on |this coast, often fought over|& quite desirable strateagically|
- #081|This harbour provides a fine|strategic base for launching|attacks on Sicily.|
- #082|Venetian Hadria, city|of marshes and canals.||
- #083|Near the Julian and|Carnic Alps, an Illyrian|port Romanised in 177BC.|
- #084|Captured during Octavian's|Adriatic campaign in|36BC.|
- #085|In 314BC Rome colonized|this former Samnite city.||
- #086|Two hundred miles |from Rome, a mere march.||
- #087|Site of naval battle in 433|BC between Corcyra, its|Athenian allies and Corinth.|
- #088|An important port city and|centre of the iron industry.||
- #089|The chief trading city of|the peninsular.||
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