Spartan domination of parts of Greece (404–371 BC)
Spartan hegemony refers to the period of dominance by Sparta in Greek affairs from 404 to 371 BC. Even before this period the polis of Sparta was the greatest military land power of classical Greek antiquity and governed, dominated or influenced the entire Peloponnese. The defeat of the Athenians and the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War in 431–404 BC resulted in a short-lived Spartan dominance of the southern Greek world from 404 to 371 BC.[1] Due to their mistrust of others, Spartans discouraged the creation of records about their internal affairs. The only histories of Sparta are from the writings of Xenophon, Thucydides, Herodotus and Plutarch, none of whom were Spartans. Plutarch was writing several centuries after the period of Spartan hegemony had ceased.[1] This creates difficulties in understanding the Spartan political system, which was distinctly different from any other Greek polis.
^ abJones, Nicholas F. Politics and Society in Ancient Greece. Westport, CT: Prager, 2008
Spartanhegemony refers to the period of dominance by Sparta in Greek affairs from 404 to 371 BC. Even before this period the polis of Sparta was the greatest...
The decisive Battle of Leuctra against Thebes in 371 BC ended the Spartanhegemony, although the city-state maintained its political independence until...
Led by Lysander, the Spartan fleet, built with Persian subsidies, finally defeated Athens and started a period of Spartanhegemony over Greece. Historians...
The Spartan army stood at the center of the Spartan state, citizens trained in the disciplines and honor of a warrior society. Subjected to military drills...
Amyntas who had been dethroned by Olynthus, which also threatened Spartanhegemony in northern Greece. The war was difficult, but in 379 Olynthus surrendered;...
The Theban hegemony lasted from the Theban victory over the Spartans at Leuctra in 371 BC to their defeat of a coalition of Peloponnesian armies at Mantinea...
and Spartan non-interference in Asia Minor. The Spartanhegemony would last another 16 years, until, at the Battle of Leuctra (371) the Spartans were...
allies had failed to end Spartanhegemony over Greece, although Sparta was durably weakened by the war. At first, the Spartans achieved several successes...
democratic Athens; the First and Second Peloponnesian Wars; the Spartan and then Theban hegemonies; and the expansion of Macedonia under Philip II. Much of the...
for Sparta differed from most Spartans; he wanted to overthrow the Athenian Empire and replace it with Spartanhegemony. Little is known of Lysander's...
existence of any kings before the middle of the sixth century BC or so. Spartan kings received a recurring posthumous hero cult like that of the similarly...
history of Sparta, Agesilaus was the main actor during the period of Spartanhegemony that followed the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC). Although brave in...
Athens in 454 BC. By 431 BC, the threat that the League presented to Spartanhegemony combined with Athens's heavy-handed control of the Delian League prompted...
Sparta struck a peace deal establishing Spartanhegemony over the Greek world. The Corinthians and Thebans, both Spartan allies, wanted to destroy Athens and...
by the Thebans. Due to this battle, Spartan supremacy was effectively overthrown and a new era of Theban hegemony was set up. Kennell (2010), p. 139 Buckler...
adaptor') was a Spartan term for a military governor. The Spartan general Lysander instituted several harmosts during the period of Spartanhegemony after the...
leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent position in Greek politics called the Theban Hegemony. In the process, he broke Spartan military power...
Spartan state after an earthquake destroyed Sparta in 464 BC. When Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War, it secured an unrivaled hegemony over...
and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, a Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy. This effectively ended...
(431–404 BC), ending with a Spartan victory. Greece began the 4th century with Spartanhegemony, but by 395 BC the Spartan rulers dismissed Lysander from...
Athens and the Delian League during the 5th century, but displaced by Spartanhegemony during the early 4th century BC, before power shifted to Thebes and...
Cleombrotus I (Greek: Κλεόμβροτος Kleombrotos; died 6 July 371 BC) was a Spartan king of the Agiad line, reigning from 380 BC until 371 BC. Little is known...
The Spartan commander Lysander ordered the long walls of Athens torn down, and Athens became formally allied with the Spartanhegemony. The Spartans also...
initially constructed in the mid-5th century BC, and destroyed by the Spartans in 403 BC after Athens' defeat in the Peloponnesian War. They were rebuilt...
restored their city after the Battle of Leuctra and the defeat of Spartanhegemony. Buckley, Terry (2006). Aspects of Greek History: A Source-Based Approach...
battle outcome was a significant boost for the anti-Spartan coalition that resisted Spartanhegemony in the course of the Corinthian War. In 394 BC, King...
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