Demetrias
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Demetrias Charles had eight tackles and KC Clark added an interception to highlight an overworked defense.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022
The king, highly flattered by the defection of Demetrias from the Romans to the Aetolians, resolved to delay no longer his departure into Greece.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
The Macedonian rule embraced Greece and Thessaly, and strong garrisons were maintained at Demetrias in Maguesia, Calchis in the island of Eubœa, and in Corinth, “the three fetters of the Hellenes.”
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
After crowns and other honors had been offered at Corinth, the remains were conveyed to Demetrias, a city to which Demetrius had given his name, peopled from the inhabitants of the small villages of Iolcus.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Their colonels were Clitus—whose regiment was on the extreme right, the post of peculiar danger—Glaucias, Ariston, Sopolis, Heraclides, Demetrias, Meleager, and Hegelochus.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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