Cleomenes II
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Article abstract: Spartan king, r. 370-c. 309 b.c.e.{$I[g]Sparta;Cleomenes} Cleomenes II ruled Sparta during a difficult and trying time. He managed to hold a beaten city-state together and ally it with neighboring powers.
Early Life
A year before Cleomenes II ascended the throne in 370, the great city-state of Sparta was brutally defeated at the Battle of Leuctra in Boeotia. What was once the most feared of cities had been reduced to a seemingly benign town. Under Cleomenes II, Sparta did not try to expand so much as to defend the territory it still...
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