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After her disastrous defeat by the Persians in Egypt in 454, Athens moved to strengthen her control over her allies in the Delian League. Meiggs pointed to the importance of the transfer of the League's funds from Delos to Athens, since it enabled the Athenians to draw directly on the money to increase their power...
Whenever trouble brewed in ancient Rome, messengers sped south to the Cumaean Rock, a many-chambered volcanic promontory twelve miles west of Naples. Therein, "hidden far from sight within her sanctuary dark and drear, dwelt the dread Sibyl, whom the Delian seer inspired with soul and wisdom to unfold the things to come"* Complaisant with the Romans' plea the Sibyl would shuffle inscribed leaves, deal them upon her grotto floor, to be construed there by her votaries...
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