First Sacred War
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The First Sacred War was fought between the Amphictyonic League of Delphi and the city of Kirrha. The conflict arose due to Kirrha's frequent robbery and mistreatment of pilgrims going to Delphi and their encroachments upon Delphic land. The war resulted in the defeat and destruction of Kirrha. The war is notable for the use of chemical warfare at the siege of Kirrha, in the form of hellebore being used to poison the city's water supply. In ancient Greece, Kirrha was a heavily fortified city which controlled access to Delphi from the Corinthian Gulf.…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The First Sacred War was fought between the Amphictyonic League of Delphi and the city of Kirrha. The conflict arose due to Kirrha's frequent robbery and mistreatment of pilgrims going to Delphi and their encroachments upon Delphic land. The war resulted in the defeat and destruction of Kirrha. The war is notable for the use of chemical warfare at the siege of Kirrha, in the form of hellebore being used to poison the city's water supply. In ancient Greece, Kirrha was a heavily fortified city which controlled access to Delphi from the Corinthian Gulf. Kirrha took advantage of its location to rob and mistreat pilgrims to the Delphic Oracle, to tax Delphi, and to steal land from Delphi, land considered sacred to Apollo.