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TIL - The Mani Peninsula of Greece contained the last remnants of Spartans, the last of the Roman Empire to convert to Christianity, never fully conquered by Ottomans, the source of the Greek war of Independence, contains a cave to Hades and a temple that Roman Generals and Emperors would visit

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