Agoge: The Education System in Ancient SpartaThe agoge was at its height during the Classical Period and was praised as the ideal form...
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The Cowardice of Alcibiades and the Revenge of Ancient AthensHe could not keep his word as he kept changing sides and lived in exile. Alcibiades, the...
The Boetian War: Ancient Thebes Revolts against Sparta, 378 BCEThe Spartan Eurypontid king Agesilaus led two expeditions against Thebes but achieved little. Introduction and Background The...
Twin-Born with Greatness: The Dual Kingship of Ancient SpartaThe Spartan myth of stranger-kings of divine descent was opposed to the Athenian ideology of autochthony. Introduction...
Ancient Sparta – A Perfect Gerontocracy?Ancient Sparta could be considered the most fully-realized form of gerontocracy that any state has ever implemented....
Gorgo, Queen of Ancient SpartaSpartan women were free to pursue an education, own land, initiate divorce, and go where they pleased....
What Made Ancient Sparta So Different from Other City-StatesAt school, we have all studied the amazing history of the two most important city-states in Greece,...
The Ancient Spartan EducationThe apogee of one’s training was to comprehend the laws and to be a vital member of...
The Life of Alcibiades: Liar, Coward, and Traitor of Ancient AthensDuring the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his allegiance on several occasions. Introduction Alcibiades Cleiniou...
The Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath at AthensThe losses that Athens suffered in the Peloponnesian War show the sad consequences of the repeated unwillingness...
Sparta and the Collapse of Ancient GreeceNeither the course nor the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War was foreseeable at its outset. Of the...
The Grand Strategy of Classical SpartaThe Lacedaemonians abandoned the grand strategy they had articulated early on. Introduction In ancient Lacedaemon, as in...
The Delian League: Revenge and Hellenic LiberationThe alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
The Peloponnesian League and Spartan DominanceThe League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
Thucydides on Brasidas: The Most Athenian of SpartansThucydides placed Brasidas’s Homeric ending in a singularly admirable light. By Nathan A. JenningsNATO Planner, Afghanistan In...
‘The First Man of Greece’: Epaminondas and the End of Spartan Tyranny over ThebesEpaminondas transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a preeminent...