Philip II of Macedon proclaims: "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city."
The Spartan ephors sent back a one word reply: "If" (αἴκα).[18] Subsequently both Philip and Alexander avoided Sparta entirely
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ReplyDeletePhilip II of Macedon proclaims: "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city."
The Spartan ephors sent back a one word reply: "If" (αἴκα).[18] Subsequently both Philip and Alexander avoided Sparta entirely
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