60 - Agesilaus III: The Fire Breathers

Agesilaus, old King of Sparta, faces his final enemy, and greatest foe of all: the Theban commander Epaminondas.

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Key People: 
Agesilaus, king of Sparta 
Demaratus, king of Sparta 
Artaxerxes, King of Persia 
Epaminondas, Theban Statesman 
Pelopidas, Theban Statesman 
Antalcidas 
Xenophon, the Philosopher-warrior 
Gryllus, son of Xenophon 
Nectanebo, Pharaoh of Egypt 
Menelaus, king of Sparta 

Key Places: 
Sparta 
Thebes 
Leuctra 
Athens 
Corinth 
Arcadia 
Mantinea 
Tegea 
Elis 
Achaea 
Mt. Taygetos 
Eurotas River 
Messenia 
Kalamata 
Messene 
Mt. Ithome 
Pamisos River / Valley 
Megalopolis 
Olympia 
Egypt 

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