59 - Agesilaus II: The Spartan Supremacy
Cost of Glory
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The Giselius and the Pro-Spartan Coup at Thebes
A Giselius persuaded the Elders of Sparta to allow Phibidas to get away with merely a fine for his ill judgment. And what's more, to leave the garrison in place. Plutarch criticizes the Giselius strongly on this occasion. Even Xenophon, who was an ardent admirer of a Giselius and a friend of the Spartans, called the capture of the cadmia fortress an unholy deed performed by impious men.
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