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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...
- 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...
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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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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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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...
- The
Messenian Gulf (Gr****: Μεσσηνιακός Κόλπος, Messiniakós Kólpos) is a sea that is part of the
Ionian Sea. The gulf is cir****scribed by the southern...
- the site of the
Homeric Aepeia, at the time of the
restoration of the
Messenians to
their native country, by Epaminondas; and
received the name of Coroneia...
- The
Messenian Senate (Gr****: Μεσσηνιακή Σύγκλητος) was the
first government of the Gr**** Revolution. It was the
first move
towards the
creation of the...
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Messenian Oinousses (Gr****: Μεσσηνιακές Οινούσσες Messiniakés Inoússes) is a Gr****
island complex in the
southwest coasts of Peloponnese, in
Ionian Sea...
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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...
