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Battle of Cyzicus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (833 words)
	The Battle of Cyzicus (410 BC) was a naval battle in the Peloponnesian War.
	In the wake of the Athenian victory at Abydos in November 411 BC, the Spartan admiral Mindarus sent to Sparta for reinforcements and began working with the Persian satrap Pharnabazus to plan for a new offensive.
	Athens would win only one more naval battle in the war, at Arginusae, and their defeat at Aegospotami in 405 BC would bring the war to a close.

battle of thermopylae - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (1465 words)
	Knowing the likely outcome of the battle, Leonidas selected his men on one simple criteria: he took only men who had fathered sons that were old enough to take over the family responsibilities of their fathers.
	This battle, along with Sogdian Rock and similar actions, is used in military academies around the world to show how a small group of well-trained and well-led soldiers can have an impact out of all proportion to their numbers.
	The battle is also referred to in the context of the Vietnam war in the film Go Tell the Spartans (1978).

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