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) 
AcrocorinthPeloponnese Cadmeia Olynthus Piraeus (Port city of Athens) 
Elis
ArcadiaMantinea 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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