CLCV 3201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Second Messenian War, Andania, Phigalia
9 May 2016
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The context for that historically goes back to the middle of the seventh century bce. This includes the battle of hysia (c. 669 bce) and the disaster of phigaleia (c. 659 bce). What information we have surrounding the messenian war is all late really, most of it is. Sparta has conquered and helotised all of messenia following the end of the. The final stance of the messenians at the second messenian war is at. Hira at andania (a religious site important to demeter and zeus). A hundred years later, sparta attempts to expand north in archadia into tegea at the battle of the. Following the conquest of messenia they stop attempting to expand north since they"ve doubled the amount of land they have. The consequences of the second messenian war is a huge influx of wealth which should be reflected in the material culture.
