Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition
The story of Sparta's greatest king.
Sponsors:
-The Excellent How To Take Over The World Podcast;
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In This Episode:
-Inspiration from a rough childhood
-The Spartan youth training system
-The Spartan art of consensus building
-The Iliadic vision of a Panhellenic King
-Getting enemies to finance your war effort
-War and Friendship among Greeks and Persians
People:
Agesilaus
Pompey
King Archidamus (of Sparta)
King Agis (of Sparta)
King Leonidas (of Sparta)
Lysander
Alcibiades
Prince Cyrus
King Artaxerxes (of Persia)
Xenophon of Athens
Tissaphernes
Places:
Sparta
Peloponnese (Peloponnesus)
Athens
Mt Taygetos
Mantineia
Thebes (in Boeotia)
Aulis (in Boeotia)
Boeotia
Asia (Minor)
Ephesus
Lydia
Sardis
Phrygia
Corinth
Argos
Haliartus (in Boeotia)
Hellespont
Thermopylae
Orchomenus (in Boeotia)
Cnidus (Knidos)
Coroneia (in Boeotia)
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