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Aegina is an island in the Saronic Gulf south of Athens. It was one of Greece's early maritime powers, famous for minting one of the earliest coins that were accepted all over the Mediterranean.
Aegina was an early rival of Athens and fought against it in the first Peloponnesian War, where Aegina was probably backed by the Persian who not only protected their trade interests, but also supported the enemy of their enemy (ie. Athens).
Aegina was an early rival of Athens and fought against it in the first Peloponnesian War, where Aegina was probably backed by the Persian who not only protected their trade interests, but also supported the enemy of their enemy (ie. Athens).
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Today, traveling an hour by ferry from Piraeus, the port of Athens, the first remnant of Aegina’s great past a visitor will see is the lonely pillar of Apollo rising from the trees on the hill of Kolona. Once a splendid complex of three buildings (the Temple of Apollo itself rose on eleven large pillars...
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