I Study Ancient Sparta. There’s One Major Thing Its Contemporary Fans Are Missing.
The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.E.—the subject of Zack Snyder’s ...
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Thrasybulus: The Ancient Greek General Who Restored Athens’ Democracy
Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.
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The Reasons for the Peloponnesian War in More Detail
The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from ... the alliance had become an empire in all but name. Over the next two decades ...
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The Final End of Athenian Democracy
However, Sparta's dominance was not to last ... The destiny of Greece would thereafter become inseparable with the empire of Philip's son: Alexander the Great.
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The ancient Greeks at war
Sparta and Athens fought a long war ... In the end, the Greeks led by Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team. They lined up in ranks ...
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The ancient Greeks at war
Sparta and Athens fought a long war ... In the end, the Greeks led by Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team. They lined up in ranks ...