Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition

<p>The story of Sparta's greatest king. </p><p>Sponsors: <br>-The Excellent <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1gqvQ7h7BxNSVoQVTnwihr?si=84ec478d6ffc4ea6">How To Take Over The World Podcast</a>;  <br>-Ancient Life Coach <a href="https://ancientlifecoach.com/retreat/">Rome Retreat</a> </p><p>In This Episode:<br>-Inspiration from a rough childhood<br>-The Spartan youth training system<br>-The Spartan art of consensus building<br>-The Iliadic vision of a Panhellenic King<br>-Getting enemies to finance your war effort<br>-War and Friendship among Greeks and Persians</p><p><br>People:<br>Agesilaus<br>Pompey<br>King Archidamus (of Sparta)<br>King Agis (of Sparta)<br>King Leonidas (of Sparta)<br>Lysander<br>Alcibiades<br>Prince Cyrus<br>King Artaxerxes (of Persia)<br>Xenophon of Athens<br>Tissaphernes</p><p><br>Places:<br>Sparta <br>Peloponnese (Peloponnesus)<br>Athens <br>Mt Taygetos<br>Mantineia<br>Thebes (in Boeotia)<br>Aulis (in Boeotia)<br>Boeotia<br>Asia (Minor) <br>Ephesus <br>Lydia <br>Sardis <br>Phrygia <br>Corinth<br>Argos<br>Haliartus (in Boeotia)<br>Hellespont<br>Thermopylae <br>Orchomenus (in Boeotia)<br>Cnidus (Knidos)<br>Coroneia (in Boeotia)<br></p>