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Also Known As Lacedaemon • Spartí • Néa Spartí

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Major Events

Battle of Salamis
Greco-Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War
Epaminondas, the Theban Victor at the Battle of Leuctra
Battle of Leuctra
Pylos
Battle of Pylos
Naval engagement during the Siege of Syracuse
Siege of Syracuse
Battle of Aegospotami
Battle of Nemea
Messenian Wars
Corinthian War
Chremonidean War
Third Sacred War

Related Places

Greece
Greece
Athens: Acropolis
ancient Greek civilization
historical region, Eurasia
Laconia, Greece
Laconia
department, Greece

Key People

Thucydides manuscript
Thucydides
Greek historian
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Epaminondas
Greek statesman
Agesilaus II; Pharnabazus
Agesilaus II
king of Sparta
Cleomenes III
king of Sparta
Agis IV
Agis IV
king of Sparta
Lysander
Greek military leader
Pausanias
Greek military officer
Leotychides
king of Sparta
Pelopidas
Theban statesman
Nabis
ruler of Sparta
Brasidas
Spartan military officer
Cleomenes I
king of Sparta
Agis II
king of Sparta
Archidamus II
king of Sparta
Jacques-Louis David: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Leonidas
king of Sparta
Callias
Greek statesman [4th century BCE]
Archidamus III
king of Sparta
Agis III
king of Sparta
Gylippus
Spartan general

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