After two years or more at Antioch, he finally withdrew to the desert of Chalcis to undertake the penitential life of an anchoritic monk. |
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Dahl saw his first aerial combat on 15 April 1941, while flying alone over the city of Chalcis. |
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Both cities seem to have suffered a decline as result of the long war, though Chalcis was the nominal victor. |
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Other prominent cities with urban populations above 100,000 inhabitants include those of Patras, Heraklion, Larissa, Volos, Rhodes, Ioannina, Agrinio, Chania, and Chalcis. |
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He is not one to resist the resonance of a mid-15th century sallet or helmet from the Venetian fortress of Chalcis on the Aegean island of Negroponte, for instance. |
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