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The Moors were in retreat, retrenching along the coast and withdrawing to the security of their strongholds in Ronda and Granada.
After securing Irbil, Barzani's men quickly routed the PUK from its other strongholds.
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.
The Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, and Beihai Lake were maintained as imperial strongholds.