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There were sporadic attempts at revolt, often launched from remote mountain strongholds where rebels could survive in safety.
The Moors were in retreat, retrenching along the coast and withdrawing to the security of their strongholds in Ronda and Granada.
It was a mere five years ago, I recall, that conservative commentators were crowing about the supposed "lock" that the Republican Party had on the Electoral College, based on its (the party's) strongholds in the South and Mountain West.
Roman legions encountered the strongholds of the Castle Rock and Arthur’s Seat, held by a tribe of ancient Britons known as the Votadini.
During its subsequent two and a half centuries of rule from the new capital established at Edo, the Tokugawa organized a tightly controlled coalition of some 260 daimyo in strategic strongholds throughout the country.