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Thus did the Samians escape the yoke of the Medes, and possess
themselves without any trouble of Zancle, a most beautiful city. At
Samos itself the Phoenicians, after the fight which had Miletus for
its prize was over, re-established Aeaces, the son of Syloson,
upon his throne. This they did by the command of the Persians, who
looked upon Aeaces as one who had rendered them a high service and
therefore deserved well at their hands. They likewise spared the
Samians, on account of the desertion of their vessels, and did not
burn either their city or their temples, as they did those of the other
rebels. Immediately after the fall of Miletus the Persians recovered
Caria, bringing some of the cities over by force, while others
submitted of their own accord.
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