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Also Known As Lacedaemon • Spartí • Néa Spartí

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Metropolis (cathedral) dedicated to St. Demetrios at Mistra
Map of southern Europe and western Asia highlighting Greece, with the location of the ancient city of Sparta marked in the southern part of mainland Greece near the Peloponnese peninsula. Surrounding countries and seas, including Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Mediterranean Sea, are also labeled.
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Topics
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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
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Battle of Aegospotami
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Battle of Nemea
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Messenian Wars
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Chremonidean War
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Third Sacred War
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Corinthian War

Related Places

Laconia, Greece
Laconia
department, Greece
Greece
Greece
country, Europe
The Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece, surrounded by ancient stone walls and ruins, with city buildings and a distant hill in the background.
ancient Greek civilization
historical region, Eurasia

Key People

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

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