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42 BATTLE OF AMPH^A.Itliome, in a rocky fastness, for eight years, Euphaes kept <strong>the</strong>best troops <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sp<strong>art</strong>ans at bay, <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> last year beat<strong>the</strong>m in<strong>the</strong> second battle <strong>of</strong> Aniphsea, but at <strong>the</strong> cost <strong>of</strong> hisown life.At this battle <strong>of</strong> Amphsea (730 b. c.) Euphaes showed afine concej)tion <strong>of</strong> battle tactics. The Sp<strong>art</strong>an kings, Theopompus<strong>and</strong> Polydorus, met <strong>the</strong> Messenian array in parallelorder. The contest was severe. The right wing <strong>of</strong> eacharmy was defeated. It was anybody's victory. But Euphaesi:::.

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