A year after their defeat of Athens in 404 BC ... despite the authoritarian grip of Sparta on the Greek world. However, Sparta's dominance was not to last. Overextended and unable to adjust ...

Unlike Athens to the north, Sparta was famed for its austerity—its “spartan” character—was, and is, proverbial. A state run by an inflexible military regime, whose people existed almost ...

Sparta was in no position to restore order ... It was also facing another war with its old neighbor and rival, Argos. Athens' position looked better, but in truth it was also far from stable.

The map below shows the location of Athens and Sparta. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...