Agesilaus and the Failure of Spartan Hegemony / / Charles D. Hamilton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hamilton, Charles D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 8 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Maps --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations and Short Titles --; Chronology of the Life of Agesilaus --; Introduction --; CHAPTER ONE. The Character and Personality of Agesilaus --; CHAPTER TWO. Agesilaus as King and Commander --; CHAPTER THREE. The Socioeconomic Crisis of Fourth-Century Sparta --; CHAPTER FOUR. Agesilaus’ Rise to Power --; CHAPTER FIVE. From the King’s Peace to the Seizure of Thebes --; CHAPTER SIX. The Liberation of Thebes and Its Aftermath --; CHAPTER SEVEN. The Road to Leuctra --; CHAPTER EIGHT. The Collapse of Spartan Hegemony --; EPILOGUE. The Final Years --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501734915; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501734915
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Charles D. Hamilton.

This book focuses both on King Agesilaus II (c. 443–c. 358 B.C.) as a man and as an infulential public figure, and on Sparta, the state he ruled for some 40 years during the period in which it dominated much of the Greek world.