History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v2.c29.s2.669
History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v2.c29.s2.669
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v2.c29.s2.669
The Plataeans, having thus cleared the city, collected their dead and the prisoners. The prisoners, numbering about one hundred and eighty, were executed the next day, despite a message from the Thebans claiming that they had surrendered on terms. The Plataeans denied this, asserting that they had promised to spare them only if they did not commit further acts of violence.