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58 - Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition

Cost of Glory

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Ajis Elias: The Most Disastrous King in the History of Sparta

Ajis Elias was born with a lame leg that gave him an unmistakable limp for all his life. He learned to be cheerful about it, but this deformity had to have been apparent from a very young age. Some have even made the case that Ajis Elias was the most disastrous king in the history of Sparta. But our job is to try as much as we can to discern the true character of the man.

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