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Skiros was attacked,
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because it was not inhabited by Greeks.
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It was inhabited by non-Greek peoples
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who made their living out of piracy.
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Well clearly, all the states of the league had a lot to lose
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from allowing pirates to roam freely in their waters,
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and so Cimon crushed the Skirian pirates
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and he drove them from the island,
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and he made sure that the island would be secure
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by putting in an Athenian cleruchy.
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Remember that cleruchy the Athenians put in near Chalkis.
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This is the same kind of arrangement;