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Sparta played no active part in the Achaean War in 146 BC when the Achaean League was defeated by the Roman general Lucius Mummius. Subsequently, Sparta became a free city under Roman rule, some of the institutions of Lycurgus were restored, [64] and the city became a tourist attraction for the Roman elite who came to observe exotic Spartan ...
The Lacedaemonion Politeia (Ancient Greek: Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία), known in English as the Polity, Constitution, or Republic of the Lacedaemonians, or the Spartan Constitution, [1] [2] [3] is a treatise attributed to the ancient Greek historian Xenophon, describing the institutions, customs, and practices of the ancient Spartans.
Sparta is located at (35.932335, -85.469837), [10] approximately fifteen miles south of Cookeville The city is situated on the Highland Rim , near the western base of the Cumberland Plateau . The Calfkiller River traverses Sparta north-to-south en route to its confluence with the Caney Fork several miles to the south.
Unable to produce a male heir, King Eurotas bequeathed the kingdom to Lacedaemon, who then renamed the state after his wife, [1] Sparta (the daughter of Eurotas) in either 1539 BC [4] or the mid to late 1300s [5] Lacedemon was credited to be the founder of the sanctuary of the Graces, Cleta and Phaenna, near the river Tiasa.
W of Sparta on TN 26: Sparta: 2: Oldham Theater: Oldham Theater: November 4, 1993 (#93001188) December 12, 2003: W. Liberty Square: Sparta: Delisted due to loss of integrity and modifications during renovation.
Caryae was celebrated for its temple of Artemis Caryatis, and for the annual festival of this goddess, at which the Lacedaemonian virgins used to perform a peculiar kind of dance. [3] This festival was of great antiquity, for in the Second Messenian War , Aristomenes is said to have carried off the Lacedaemonian virgins, who were dancing at ...
The Achaean League retaliated and attacked Las and Sparta. Following the dissolution of the Achaean League in 146 BC, the Eleutherolakōnes joined the Lacedaemonian League ( κοινὸν τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ), a koinon of Spartan colonies under Roman rule, until Emperor Augustus re-established the League of Free Laconians in 21 BC.
Lacedaemonia may refer to: . Laconia, a modern regional unit of Greece; The ancient region of Greece of the same name; see Laconia#Ancient history; Lacedaemonia, the name borne by the city of Sparta from Late Antiquity to the 19th century