59 - Agesilaus II: The Spartan Supremacy
Cost of Glory
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The Winter Solstice in 378
On the eve of the Winter Solstice in 378, seven men enter the gates of Thebes disguised as local farmers. And together these conspirators execute one of the most daring coups in history. By dawn the next day they have the Spartan garrison in the cadmia under siege. But with this unprecedented daring coup, really we could call it a revolution, the solstice revolution,. Sparta's hegemony in Biosha starts to crack.
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