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It will pick up with the Laconian Empire working to cement its control over the Solar System, as everyone else contends with the forces that decimated the last galactic empire.
From The Verge • Jan. 5, 2018
Where Sparta reigned, simplicity and self-discipline are powerfully reflected in the lancet-eyed Laconian warrior whose body and thoughts alike are swathed in a foreboding cloak.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the old dialects Doric alone appears to have survived in the Tsaconic of the Laconian hills.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
Syme also was colonised from Cnidos: of this town we shall make further mention when speaking of the Laconian settlements.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
Eurybatus, the Laconian, first conqueror in the wrestling match: Lampis the Laconian in the Pentathlon.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
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