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  2. Sep 20, 2021 · However, in 371 BCE, Sparta was defeated, and this marked the beginning of the end of Spartan power and gradually became a minor power over time. This decay occurred because Sparta's population declined, change in values, and stubborn preservation of conservatism.

  3. Aug 22, 2023 · The Fall of Ancient Sparta: A Glimpse into Decline and Defeat. Ancient Sparta, renowned for its fearsome warriors and austere way of life, stood as a dominant power on the Peloponnesian Peninsula for several centuries.

  4. The Sparta earthquake of 464 BC destroyed much of Sparta. Historical sources suggest that the death toll may have been as high as 20,000, although modern scholars suggest that this figure is likely an exaggeration. The earthquake sparked a revolt of the helots, the slave class of Spartan society.

  5. the decline of sparta In CQ n.s. 26 (1976), 62-84 I argued that the defeat of Sparta in 371 B.C. was not due to the pursuit of unwise policies towards the other Greek states.

  6. Aug 13, 2024 · The occupation of the Cadmea was a famous instance of Spartan high-handedness; indeed, it produced such a revulsion of feeling that Sparta lost its leadership of Greece. Had Phoebidas’s act been promptly disowned by Sparta, the damage could have been contained.

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    However, Sparta was sacked in 396 AD by the Visigothic king Alaric, and underwent a long period of decline, especially in the Middle Ages, when many of its citizens moved to Mystras. Modern Sparta is the capital of the southern Greek region of Laconia and a center for processing citrus and olives.

  8. Sep 2, 2022 · The story of Sparta’s decline and fall is an object lesson in the intimate relationship between social organization and military power. The city-state of Sparta, occupying the central finger of the southern Greek peninsula of the Peloponnesus, dominated the fertile valley of the Eurotas River and was overlooked by the craggy Taegetus Range.

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