58 - Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition
Cost of Glory
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The Agogae: A Spartan Youth Training Program
Ajis Elias was born into one of the two hereditary royal households of Sparta. Nobody expected him to become king, but he went through a harsh Spartan youth training program. The Agogae rendered Spartans more useful to the greater goals of Sparta,. Plutarch's words: Like horses that are broken in while they are still cults.
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