HIST 3304 Lecture 3: 1/26/17
Document Summary
Assembly of men in spartans was an assembly of just warriors, spartans niche like. Spartans couldn"t campaign or waste time doing other things than war. But they became hegemon 4th c they became the enemy of the rest of the greeks. Battle of leuktra resulted in the defeat of the spartans. Thebes- gains power after the downfall of sparta, put sparta on defensive, by isolating sparta through use of megalopolis, messene and mantinea. Thebes gain loyalty of the three cities by helping them rebuild such as rebuilding the capitol of. Spolia- reuse of ancient materials in something else. Epaminodas defeats a coalition of mantineians (switched sides to athenians and spartans due to arrogance of thebes), athenians, and spartans at the second battle of mantinea 362bc he wins but dies, results in the decline of thebes. Argead dynasty of macedonia (to 310 bc) macedonians fill void of thebes.
