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Expansion of Sparta

Published on 2011-04-14 13:42:00

Sparta shared the plain with Amyklai which lay to the south and was one of the few places to survive from Mycaenean times and was likely to be its most formidable neighbor. Hence the tradition that Sparta, under its kings Archelaos and Charillos moved north to secure the upper Eurotas valley is plausible. Pharis and Geronthrae were then taken and, though the traditions are a little contradictory, also Amyclae which probably fell in about 750 BCE. It is probable that the inhabitants of Geronthrae

History of Sparta

Published on 2011-04-14 13:40:00

Sparta's earliest origins are difficult to reconstruct. The literary evidence of Spartan prehistory is far removed in time, from the events it describes, and is also distorted by oral tradition. The earliest certain evidence of human settlement in the region of Sparta, consists of pottery dating from the Middle Neolithic period. Sparta rose to dominance in the 6th century BCE.At the time of the Persian Wars, it was the obvious leader of the Greeks. However, with the defeat of the Persians, Spart

One Wales, One Year to Go

Published on 2011-04-14 13:37:00

WITH just a few months to go a General Election, all eyes – even in Wales – are on Westminster. Yet the next few months in Cardiff Bay promise to be just as interesting and decisive because the agreement that ended the impasse after the Assembly 2007 elections and which has held the Welsh Assembly Government together for over two and a half years now faces unprecedented challenges. That these challenges are emerging in the run up to the Assembly’s own elections makes them all the more wort