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The Laconians, with Pausanias, son of Agesipolis, as their leader in the battle of Plataea, having overcome an infinite number of the Persian army with a small force, and having celebrated a triumph with glory, established the Persian Porch from the spoils of the booty as a monument of the praise and virtue of the citizens, a sign of victory, for posterity. There, they placed statues of the captives in barbarian dress, punished with deserved insults for their pride, supporting the roof, so that both the enemy might shudder in fear at the effects of their bravery, and the citizens, seeing this example of virtue, might be erected in glory and be ready to defend their liberty. Thus, from that time, many placed statues of Persians supporting the architraves and their ornaments, and from that argument, they increased the outstanding varieties of their works.