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| | The Voice of Corfu |
 | | During this period, by the influence of Corinthian artists, great works of art were made, like the lioness on the cenotaph of Menecrates at Garitsa, the doric temple at Kardaki, and the temples of Hera and Artemis with the famous pediment of Gorgon. |
 | | Nevertheless, in 31 BC, on the eve of the naval battle in Actium, Agrippa, an ally of Octavian, destroyed the city, to punish the Corcyreans for having sided with Mark Antony. |
 | | After the death of Manfred in the battle of Beneventum (1266) and according to the treaty of Viterbo, the victor of this battle, Charles I of Anjou, took possession of Manfred's lands including Corfu and for the next 120 years (1267-1386) the island was under the Angevin rule. |
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