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 | | Of Pisindalis, her son and successor, little is known; but, who next attained power, is notorious for having put to death the poet and causing Herodotus, the greatest of Halicarnassians, to leave his native city (c. |
 | | In the 5th century BC Halicarnassus and other Dorian cities of Asia were to some extent absorbed by the Delian League, but the peace of Antalcidas in 387 made them subservient to Persia; and it was under Mausolus, a Persian satrap who assumed independent authority, that Halicarnassus attained its highest prosperity. |
 | | Struck by the natural strength and beauty of its position, Mausolus removed to Halicarnassus from Mylasa, increasing the population of the city by the inhabitants of six towns of the Leleges. |
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