The Classical Quarterly · 1983 · 111 citations · 1 references
HumanitiesHistoryPolitical ScienceGreek HistoryMilitary HistoryPolitical HistoryAncient GreeceAncient WarfareAthenian HistoryClassical GreeceGreek WarfareSpartan HistoryAthenian Military HistoryForeign Policy FramingForeign Policy HistorySpartan DeclineSpartan Foreign PolicySpartan HegemonySpartan IdentitySpartan Ideology
In CQ n.s. 26 (1976). 62–84 I argued that the defeat of Sparta in 371 B.C. was not due to the pursuit of unwise policies towards the other Greek states. Unwise policies there had been. Sparta being by no means superior to Athens in the formulation of foreign policy, but these did not affect the position on the eve of Leuctra when, with Thebes politically isolated, and with some of the Boeotians disaffected, Cieombrotus at the head of a numerically superior Spartan and allied army was poised for the, destruction of Theban power; a triumph of policy it must have seemed. Sparta failed for military reasons. Her army was unequal to the military genius of Epaminondas.
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A Historical Commentary on Thucydides
Malcolm F. McGregor, A. W. Gomme · The American Journal of Philology · 1958 · 52 citations