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Evagoras II and
Pnythagoras
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From The Library of Diodorus
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350-349 BC
[16.46.1] When Apollodorus was archon in Athens, the
Romans elected as consuls Marcus Valerius and Gaius Sulpicius. During their
term of office, in Cyprus, while the people of Salamis were being besieged
by Evagoras and Phocion, the rest of the cities all became subject to the Persians,
and Pnytagoras, the king of Salamis, alone continued to endure the siege.
[2] Now Evagoras was endeavouring to recover his ancestral rule over the
Salaminians and through the help of the King of the Persians to be restored
to his kingship. But later, when he had been falsely accused to Artaxerxes
and the King was backing Pnytagoras, Evagoras, after having given up hope
of his restoration and made his defence on the accusations brought against
him, was accorded another and higher command in Asia. [3] But then when he
had misgoverned his province he fled again to Cyprus and, arrested there,
paid the penalty. Pnytagoras, who had made willing submission to the
Persians, continued thenceforth to rule unmolested as king in Salamis.
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1600+ men, women and children
still missing
up to 70,000 held hostage in concentration camps
5000+ massacred
thousands raped and tortured
200,000 ethnically cleansed
500+ churches desecrated or destroyed
murders of refugees continue to this day
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