History of Sparta - Prehistoric period - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Prehistoric Period
Tradition relates that Sparta was founded by Lacedaemon, son of Zeus and Taygete, who called the city after his wife, the daughter of Eur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 5th Century Bce
The beginning of the 5th century saw Sparta at the height of her power, though her prestige must have suffered in the fruitless attempts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Intervention Of Rome
Nonetheless, a vigorous struggle was maintained with the Achaean League and with Macedon until the Romans, after the conclusion of their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Medieval Sparta
In CE 406 Alaric destroyed the city, and at a later period Laconia was invaded and settled by Slavonic tribes, especially the Melings and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 3rd Century Bce
Twenty-two years later the city was attacked by an immense force under Pyrrhus, but Spartan bravery had not died out and the formidable e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 4th Century Bce
The fall of Athens left Sparta once again supreme in the Greek world and demonstrated clearly its total unfitness for rule. Everywhere de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The Expansion Of Sparta
We cannot trace in detail the process by which Sparta subjugated the whole of Laconia, but apparently the first step, taken in the reign ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 6th Century Bce
Early in the 6th century the Spartan kings Leon and Agasicles made a vigorous attack on Tegea, the most powerful of the Arcadian cities, ...   » Read the article