Greece

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Phalanx

Phalanx: ancient Greek expression to signify an organized, dense line of battle; the heavily armed infantry soldiers were known as hoplites. …

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Phalaris

Phalaris: tyrant of Acragas on Sicily between c.570 and c.554, the proverbial "evil tyrant".The city of Acragas was founded in 580 BCE by people from Gela, a Greek town on Sicily that had been founded more than a century before…

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Pharsalus

Pharsalus: Greek town in Thessaly, well-known for the famous battle in 48 BCE in which the Roman general Julius Caesar defeated his opponent Pompey the Great. …

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