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Treaty of friendship with Nabis, tyrant of Lacedaemon.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
The Heraclidae ruled in Lacedaemon till 221 B.C., but disappeared much earlier in the other countries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
But an insult to Lacedaemon is an insult to all Greece, and every loyal Greek will hasten to avenge it.
From Hero Tales by James Baldwin
So these men of Lacedaemon, coming to an island where the rule of Genoa was a scourge to all except themselves, in gratitude, or for their oath's sake, took sides with the oppressor.
From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Show us a free assembly of the people, either at Argos or Lacedaemon, if you wish to hear a true recital of the crimes of the most abandoned tyranny.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
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