Spartan Empire
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, Greece (ancient)
- Date: 404-371
Article abstract: Military significance: After their defeat of Athens in the Second Peloponnesian War, the Spartans established a short-lived empire in mainland Greece and western Asia Minor.
The Spartans were the preeminent warriors of the ancient Greek world. Their strength derived from their control of Messenia, a region in southwestern Greece, which the Spartans conquered in the First and Second Messenian Wars (c. 736-600 b.c.e.). The Messenians worked their land as state slaves for the Spartans. Thus freed from agricultural labor, the Spartans devoted their...
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