Cost of Glory

Top 4 takeaways from the life of Agesilaus. 

Also, further reading:

Plutarch, "On Sparta":
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-Cornelius Nepos, Lives of the Great Commanders (trans. Quintus Curtius):
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-Xenophon, Hellenica:
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-Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire (historical novel):
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-Paul Cartledge, Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta:
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-John Buckler, Theban Hegemony:
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-James Romm, The Sacred Band:
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-Charles Hamilton, Agesilaus and the Failure of Spartan Hegemony: https://amzn.to/3oDn38P

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