60 - Agesilaus III: The Fire Breathers
Cost of Glory
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The Struggle of a Giselleis
Alex Pekka: The Cost of Glory is our mission to recount and contemplate the lives of the great Greek and Roman leaders. In 371, Epaminondas challenged a Giselleis in front of all the other Greek diplomats at Sparta's peace conference. He effectively declared war between Sparta and Thebes; only 20 days later, the Thebans defeated the Spartans with an extra-thick phalanx strike. This story reminds us that sometimes the action life requires of us may not be grand goals but unending series of horrific crises," he says.
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