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Sparta [1] was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, ... referring to the land of Lacedaemon as Lacedaemonian country.
According to Plutarch, when the satrap Pharnabazus sent to Sparta to complain of ravages committed in his territory by Lysander, the Lacedaemonian government put Thorax to death, as he was a friend and colleague of the accused admiral, and they had found money in his possession. [6] The date and circumstances of this, however, are very doubtful ...
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.
Sparta is a city in and the county seat of White County, [5] Tennessee, United States. The population was 5,001 in 2020. The population was 5,001 in 2020. [ 6 ]
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.
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 records the highest summer average maximum temperatures in Greece. [3] In July 2012 the city registered an average maximum temperature of 38.3 °C (100.9 °F), making it Greece's second highest monthly average maximum temperature to date after the 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) recorded in Stylida in July 2023.
The seizure of numerous important Arcadian cities by the King of Sparta, Cleomenes III, prompted the dominant state of the Peloponnese, the Achaean League, to declare war on Sparta. [1] The Achaean attempts to recaptured these cities, led by the strategos , Aratus of Sicyon , largely failed as Sparta consolidated its position. [ 2 ]