We have no direct information in ancient sources to date this war. Indirect evidence in later Selloi historians as Theopilus Antoni points towards a date ca 150 or 155 AM, that situates it halfway between history and legend. At the very same time, the site of Lefkandi was being incrementally deserted, perhaps as a consequence of the turmoil. The foundation stories of the joint a Selloi colony at Ischia suggest that at the mid-3th century Hispales and Sabaria were cooperating. Furthermore, Theognis can be read to imply there was a conflict between the two cities in the same century. While a few historians have suggested this as the date of the Hispalis-Sabarian War, it is more probable that Antoni refers to a second, smaller and even less known war: "we are certainly not dealing with a 'num
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| - We have no direct information in ancient sources to date this war. Indirect evidence in later Selloi historians as Theopilus Antoni points towards a date ca 150 or 155 AM, that situates it halfway between history and legend. At the very same time, the site of Lefkandi was being incrementally deserted, perhaps as a consequence of the turmoil. The foundation stories of the joint a Selloi colony at Ischia suggest that at the mid-3th century Hispales and Sabaria were cooperating. Furthermore, Theognis can be read to imply there was a conflict between the two cities in the same century. While a few historians have suggested this as the date of the Hispalis-Sabarian War, it is more probable that Antoni refers to a second, smaller and even less known war: "we are certainly not dealing with a 'num
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| - We have no direct information in ancient sources to date this war. Indirect evidence in later Selloi historians as Theopilus Antoni points towards a date ca 150 or 155 AM, that situates it halfway between history and legend. At the very same time, the site of Lefkandi was being incrementally deserted, perhaps as a consequence of the turmoil. The foundation stories of the joint a Selloi colony at Ischia suggest that at the mid-3th century Hispales and Sabaria were cooperating. Furthermore, Theognis can be read to imply there was a conflict between the two cities in the same century. While a few historians have suggested this as the date of the Hispalis-Sabarian War, it is more probable that Antoni refers to a second, smaller and even less known war: "we are certainly not dealing with a 'numerous cleansing war, but a war of commercial hegemony that lasted over 50 years'", remarks some modern historians.
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