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Died 422 BCE • Amphipolis • Macedonia
Role In Peloponnesian War
Leotychides
king of Sparta
Agis II
king of Sparta
Archidamus II
king of Sparta
Gylippus
Spartan general
Agesilaus II; Pharnabazus
Agesilaus II
king of Sparta
Cleomenes III
king of Sparta
Lysander
Greek military leader
Pausanias
Greek military officer
Jacques-Louis David: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Leonidas
king of Sparta
Archidamus III
king of Sparta
Agis III
king of Sparta
Archidamus IV
king of Sparta
Thucydides manuscript, 3rd century bc (Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, P. Hamburg 163).
Thucydides
Greek historian
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Demosthenes
Greek general
Nicias
Greek general
Laches
Greek general
Agis IV
Agis IV
king of Sparta
Nabis
ruler of Sparta
Cleomenes I
king of Sparta