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androgeus
a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years. -
holy war
a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith. -
king george's war
a war (1744–48) waged by England and its colonies against France, constituting the North American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession. -
napoleonic wars
French-led war in early 19th century -
punic wars
three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself -
trojan war
a ten-year war waged by the confederated Greeks under Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, and ending in the plundering and burning of Troy.