Agesilaus II: The Spartan Supremacy
Sparta's greatest king, from his grandest moments, to his most challenging setbacks. 394-371 BC.
In this episode:
-Isolating your enemies
-Working through intermediaries
-The power of culture
-Democracy vs. Oligarchy
-personal integrity vs state integrity
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Here's a nice map of ancient Greece
Places:
Thebes
Corinth
Athens (in Attica)
Argos
Sparta/Lacedaemon (in Laconia)
Acrocorinth
Peloponnese
Cadmeia
Olynthus
Piraeus (Port city of Athens)
Elis
Arcadia
Mantinea
Olympia
Thespiae (in Boeotia)
Plataea (in Boeotia)
Leuctra (in Boeotia)
People:
Agesilaus
Xenophon
Antalcidas (of Sparta)
Cynisca (of Sparta)
Leontiades (of Thebes)
Ismenias (of Thebes)
Phoebidas - Spartan Commander
Agesipolis - King of Sparta
Pelopidas (of Thebes)
Epaminondas (of Thebes)
Sphodrias - Spartan Commander
Cleonymus - son of Sphodrias
Archidamus - son of Agesilaus
Cleombrotus - King of Sparta
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