
36 - Lysander 1: Death of Democracy
Cost of Glory
Lysander and the Spartan Warships of Athens
Lysander has to defeat the athenian's navy if he wants any chance of holding on to that power. So he sails around the aegean, capturing recalcitrant cities and requisitioning ships. Within a few months, he's he's got a hundred and 70 triremes of his own. But he has one more stop to make: The spartan fort where king agus met with lysander in parley.
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