Fall of Sparta

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on the fall of Sparta, as we discuss the events after the Lacedaemonians gained the hegemony over Greece. We will describe various political, economic, social and military reasons why Sparta stopped being prominent and then lost its independence through the wars with Thebes, Aetolian League, Epirus, Macedon and finally Rome and look at the reigns of Agesilaus, Pausanias, Cleombrotus, Archidamus, Agis, Areus and Nabis, and the battles of Haliartus, Nemea, Cnidus, Coronea, Lechaeum, Leuctra, Mantinea, Siege of Sparta and Sellasia