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