Translate: "Ōlim in Asiā erat urbs antīqua, quae Troia appellāta est. Eam urbem Graecī decem annōs obsēdērunt tandemque cēpērunt."

"In Asia, there was once an acient city which was called Troy. The Greeks beseiged that city for ten years and at last captured it."

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