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==Aftermath==
 
==Aftermath==
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At the end of the war, Troy was completely destroyed. A few Trojans managed to escape, led by Aeneas; they eventually settled in modern-day Italy (as told in the [[Aeneid]], and their descendents supposedly founded the city of [[Rome]].
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At the end of the war, Troy was completely destroyed. A few Trojans managed to escape, led by Aeneas; they eventually settled in modern-day Italy (as told in the [[Aeneid]]), and their descendents supposedly founded the city of [[Rome]].
    
Although the Greeks won the war, ten years of combat in a foreign land took their toll and many returned to find trouble at home or worse. Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, was killed by his wife on arriving home. Most famously, Odysseus was not able to return home for another ten years, as told in the [[Odyssey]].
 
Although the Greeks won the war, ten years of combat in a foreign land took their toll and many returned to find trouble at home or worse. Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, was killed by his wife on arriving home. Most famously, Odysseus was not able to return home for another ten years, as told in the [[Odyssey]].
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