01:510:302 Lecture 16: APril 6 Classical Greece

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: European History Courses
• Course: 01:510:302
• Professor: Thomas Figueria

Document Summary

Sparta as policeman of peace: olynthus became very powerful in the aftermath of the pelo. Next to it is macedonia now macedonia becomes powerful and leads the way for philip and alexander! Prohibition of acquiring property: expansion of league, sparta mobilizes and heads towards naxos, where people are democratic and pro-athenian. Timontheus goes out against as well but now: a 2nd spartan expedition to corcyra and shortages, so they want peace, abortive peace in 375, fails. he does not have money anymore. Now athens has to send iphikrates, who succeeds in gaining control. Spartan invasions of boeotia: sparta wants to avoid angering athenians any more than they have, so they launch attacks on thebes and destroy their crops (campaigns of. Agesilaos) and seize small areas around thebes: gradually thebans retake plateau, the sacred band = elite group of 300 infantrymen of, battle of tegrya most aggressive thebans, the sacred band coincidently meets a huge regiment of.