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Doriscus Doriscus (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Δορίσκος and Δωρίσκος, Dorískos) was a
settlement in
ancient Thrace (modern-day Greece), on the
northern s****s of...
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route in the
river valley connected the
permanent Persian settlement of
Doriscus with the
Aegean coast, as well as with the port-cities of Apollonia, Mesembria...
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route in the
river valley connected the
permanent Persian settlement of
Doriscus with the
Aegean coast, as well as with the port-cities of Apollonia, Mesembria...
- the area
surrendered to him
after Eion, with the
notable exception of
Doriscus. He also
conquered Scyros and
drove out the
pirates who were
based there...
- with the
notable exception of
Doriscus,
which was "never taken". The
Achaemenids probably recalled the
Governor of
Doriscus Mascames with his
garrison around...
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crossed to Europe,
Mardonius and his army
reached the
Persian garrison of
Doriscus, and from there, the army separated. The
Persian navy
brought Thasos under...
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abandoned Doriscus. However,
Muhammad Dandamayev notes that when
Herodotus wrote his
Histories in the
second half of the
fifth century BC,
Doriscus was still...
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remained firmly under the
Persian sway
until 479 BC. The
Persian garrison at
Doriscus in
Thrace held out for many
years even
after the
Persian defeat, and reportedly...
- near the west
mouth of the Hebrus, and
nearly equidistant from Zone and
Doriscus, thus
between the
river Nestos and the Hebrus.
Herodotus tells us that...
- of the
Persian army of
Xerxes landed so that
their crews could rest at
Doriscus, and
Xerxes proceeded to
count his army at the
beginning of the expedition...
