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Sparta City-state in ancient Greece

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Theramenes was an Athenian statesman, prominent in the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. He was particularly active during the two periods of oligarchic government at Athens, as well as in the trial of the generals who had commanded at Arginusae in 406 BC. A moderate oligarch, he often found himself caught between the democrats on the one hand and the extremist oligarchs on the other. Successful in replacing a narrow oligarchy with a broader one in 411 BC, he failed to achieve the same end in 404 BC, and was executed by the extremists whose policies he had opposed.

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Epirus (ancient state) Former state in Ancient Greece

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Argead dynasty First dynasty of the Macedonian Kingdom

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Theban–Spartan War

The Theban–Spartan War of 378–362 BC was a series of military conflicts fought between Sparta and Thebes for hegemony over Greece. Sparta had emerged victorious from the Peloponnesian War against Athens, and occupied an hegemonic position over Greece. However, the Spartans' violent interventionism upset their former allies, especially Thebes and Corinth. The resulting Corinthian War ended with a difficult Spartan victory, but the Boeotian League headed by Thebes was also disbanded.

Slavery in ancient Greece History of slavery in ancient Greece

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References

  1. ↑ Hanson VD (1999) The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 596 p.
  2. ↑ Nutton, Vivian (1980-01-01). "Bennett Simon, Mind and madness in ancient Greece; the Classical roots of modern psychiatry, Ithaca, N.Y., and London, Comell University Press, 1978, 8vo, pp. 336, illus., £12.25". Medical History. 24 (1): 100–101. doi: 10.1017/s0025727300039843 .
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