"troop" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Most of the Athenian troops were sent straight away to pursue the Persians.
- But the conservative Spartans became worried by the revolutionary democratic spirit of the Athenian troops and sent Cimon and his army back home to Athens.
- Sparta began to fear that the Athenian troops might make common cause with the rebels.
- After some initial success, the Athenian troops became disorganised in the chaotic night operation and were thoroughly routed by Gylippus.
- The city decided not to harbor the defeated Athenian troops, but instead sent heralds to the Lacedaemonians.
- These actions saved the Athenian troops and their allies.
- He is said to have organized athletic games and the Athenian troops escaped while the Epidaurans were distracted by the games.
- They were relieved by Athenian troops who then garrisoned the bay.
- The next day, however, a party of Athenian light troops attacked the Spartans while they were reconnoitering near Piraeus.
- Typhoid fever killed a quarter of the Athenian troops, and a quarter of the population over four years.
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