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neighbouring Spartans. The
first Messenian War
broke out—as a
result of the
murder of the
Spartan king
Teleclus by the
Messenians, it was claimed, which, in...
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Certainly conquest comprised one
aspect of helotism; thus
Messenians, who were
conquered in the
Messenian Wars of the 8th
century BC,
become synonymous in Herodotus...
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Messenian Wars
refers to the wars
between Messenia and
Sparta in the 8th and 7th
centuries BC as well as the 4th
century BC.
First Messenian War Second...
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experience another such battle, the
Messenians fell back to the
heavily fortified Mount Ithome. This is when the
Messenians first sent for help from the Oracle...
- Peloponnese, the
Spartan Army went to war with the
Messenians. As a
result of two decades' struggle, the
Messenian people became enslaved as
helots and made serfs...
- and the
Messenians which occurred c. 684 BC. It was the
first major military engagement of the
Second Messenian War. The
Spartans and
Messenians didn't...
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Messenia or
Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/ mə-SEE-nee-ə; Gr****: Μεσσηνία [mesiˈni.a]) is a
regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the
southwestern part of the...
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reads that it was "dedicated by the
Messenians and
Naupaktians as a
tithe of the
spoils of
their enemies. The
Messenians and Naupaktians,
allies of the Athenians...
- hundred, from ἑκατόν "a hundred" and φονεύω "to kill". It was a
custom of
Messenians, at
which they
offered sacrifice to Zeus when any of them had
killed a...
- from the Peloponnese. To the east is the
Laconian Gulf, to the west the
Messenian Gulf. The Mani
peninsula forms a
continuation of the
Taygetos mountain...
