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in the wake of an earthquake which had heavily damaged Sparta. But the conservative
Spartans became worried by the revolutionary democratic spirit of the Athenian troops and sent Cimon and his army back home to Athens.
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The debacle of the Parian expedition led
Miltiades' enemies to renew their attacks on him in court and just one year after the victory at Marathon Miltiades the Younger died from his infected leg.
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Around 534 BC Miltiades the Elder died and the tyranny of the
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Miltiades tried to convince his fellow Greeks to demolish the bridge so as to leave the
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