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... island in the latter year , during the First Punic War . Roman colonization was begun in earnest in the 1st century B. C. , and soon the Romans ruled the whole island , building many towns and ports . Corsica became one of the ...
... island in the latter year , during the First Punic War . Roman colonization was begun in earnest in the 1st century B. C. , and soon the Romans ruled the whole island , building many towns and ports . Corsica became one of the ...
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... island of Greece , is situ- ated on the south side of the Aegean basin in the eastern Mediterranean . It has an area of 3,186 square miles ( 8,252 sq km ) . Politically , the ... island . Geography . Crete , and the islands of Cythera ,. 180.
... island of Greece , is situ- ated on the south side of the Aegean basin in the eastern Mediterranean . It has an area of 3,186 square miles ( 8,252 sq km ) . Politically , the ... island . Geography . Crete , and the islands of Cythera ,. 180.
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... island in the Mediterranean Sea , after Sicily and Sardinia . It lies some 40 miles ( 65 km ) south of Turkey's Mediterranean coast , 60 miles ( 95 km ) west of Syria , and about 500 miles ( 760 km ) from the mainland of Greece . It ...
... island in the Mediterranean Sea , after Sicily and Sardinia . It lies some 40 miles ( 65 km ) south of Turkey's Mediterranean coast , 60 miles ( 95 km ) west of Syria , and about 500 miles ( 760 km ) from the mainland of Greece . It ...
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