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 132 A Short History of The World Photo Fred Itorsst unas^i' THE TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE (POSEIDON) AT CAPE SUNIUM in 465 B.C. and rebellions in Egypt, Syria and Media broke up ^e brief order of that mighty realm. The history of Herodotus I^ys stress on the weakness of Persia. This history is indeed what we should now call propaganda — propaganda for Greece to unite and ■conquer Persia. Herodotus makes one character, Aristagoras, go to the Spartans with a map of the known world and say to them : " These Barbarians are not valiant in fight. You on the other hand have now attained the utmost skill in war. . . . No other nations in the world have what they possess ; gold, silver, bronze, embroi- dered garments, beasts and slaves. All this you might have for your- .lelves, if you so desired."