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Cost of Glory

58 - Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition

88 min • 28 mars 2023

The story of Sparta's greatest king.

Sponsors:
-The Excellent How To Take Over The World Podcast
-Ancient Life Coach Rome Retreat 

In This Episode:
-Inspiration from a rough childhood
-The Spartan youth training system
-The Spartan art of consensus building
-The Iliadic vision of a Panhellenic King
-Getting enemies to finance your war effort
-War and Friendship among Greeks and Persians


People:
Agesilaus
Pompey
King Archidamus (of Sparta)
King Agis (of Sparta)
King Leonidas (of Sparta)
Lysander
Alcibiades
Prince Cyrus
King Artaxerxes (of Persia)
Xenophon of Athens
Tissaphernes


Places:
Sparta 
Peloponnese (Peloponnesus)
Athens 
Mt Taygetos
Mantineia
Thebes (in Boeotia)
Aulis (in Boeotia)
Boeotia
Asia (Minor) 
Ephesus 
Lydia 
Sardis 
Phrygia 
Corinth
Argos
Haliartus (in Boeotia)
Hellespont
Thermopylae 
Orchomenus (in Boeotia)
Cnidus (Knidos)
Coroneia (in Boeotia)

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