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The story of Agyrion in the Sicily Island - www.agyrion.it (0 words) |
 | Facing a revolution, Sparta turned to Athens for help with the siege of the Ithome stronghold, and they sent a force led by Cimon, who said that Greece should not be allowed to be lamed, depriving Athens of her yoke fellow; but the Spartans became suspicious and soon asked the Athenians to leave. |
| In 421 BC the recalled Spartan king Pleistoanax and the Athenian general Nicias agreed on a peace for fifty years; both sides agreed to restore several cities that had been taken in the war, and all the captives were to be released. |
| King Agesilaus, who had once tried to conquer Persia and was much admired and praised by Xenophon in one of the first biographies ever, finally died in Africa at the age of 84 about 360 BC. |
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Sparta (530 words) |
| Sparta (also known as Lacedaemeon) is situated on the southern Pelloponesus, and was originally founded during the Dorian invasions. |
| Sparta was one such a city, where strict dominion was held over the city, and its occupants. |
| The city of Sparta was originally founded during and after the Messenean War, in which the Dorian Spartans crossed the Taygetus mountains and took the territory of the Messenia. |
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