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Amphipolis (422 BC)Scenario#: 612 Date: 422-BC Location: Amphipolis, GreeceIn 424 BC, the Spartan general Brasidas led an army toward Thrace to threaten the only accessible part of the Athenian Empire. He reached Thrace and offered generous terms to the people of Amphipolis, who surrendered without a fight. In … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Coronea (394 BC)Scenario#: 620 Date: 394-BC Location: Coronea, GreeceAfter the battle of Nemea, Agesilaus was moving south into Boeotia with an army of helots and veterans of the Ten Thousand, reinforced by some Spartan regiments and other allies. The coalition forces lined up to oppose him at Coronea. … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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EPIC Leuctra (371 BC)Scenario#: C3i15 Date: 371-BC Location: Boeotian, GreeceSparta’s victory in the Peloponnesian War (431-404) over Athens cemented the reputation of her hoplites as the premier infantry force in the world. However, Spartan arrogance following this victory led to the outbreak of hostilities with her former… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #23 |
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Hysiae (669 BC)Scenario#: 601 Date: 669-BC Location: Argolis, GreeceKing Darius I of Persia sent an expedition against Athens in reprisal for the burning of Sardes in 498 BC during the failed Ionian Revolt. The Persian fleet under the joint command of Datis and Artaphernes landed near Marathon bay, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Lechaeum (391 BC)Scenario#: 621 Date: 391-BC Location: Lechaaeum, GreeceThe Spartan commander at Lechaeum, honoring the tradition of the Amyclaeans in his army to return to their city of Amyclae to celebrate a religious festival, marched an escort force of Hoplites and cavalry past Corinth. After successfully leading his… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Leuctra (371 BC)Scenario#: 104 Date: 371-BC Location: Leuctra, GreeceSparta’s victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431- 404) cemented the reputation of her hoplites as the premier infantry force in the world. However, Spartan arrogance following this victory led to the outbreak of hostilities with her former… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms |
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Leuctra (371 BC)Scenario#: 623 Date: 371-BC Location: Leuctra, GreeceSparta’s victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431-404) cemented the reputation of her hoplites as the premier infantry force in the world. However, Spartan arrogance following this victory led to the outbreak of hostilities with her former… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Mantinea (362 BC)Scenario#: 105 Date: 362-BC Location: Mantinea, GreeceThebes’ shocking victory at Leuctra in (371) had ended the Spartan hegemony over Greece. Epaminondas then organized the Arcadian League of cities in the Peloponnesus, in order to counter-balance Sparta and ensure Theban supremacy. A division in the… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #1: Greeks and Eastern Kingdoms |
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Mantinea (362 BC)Scenario#: 624 Date: 362-BC Location: Mantinea, GreeceThebes’ shocking victory at Leuctra in 371 had ended the Spartan hegemony over Greece. Epaminondas then organized the Arcadian League of cities in the Peloponnesus, in order to counter-balance Sparta and ensure Theban supremacy. A division in the… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Mantinea (418 BC)Scenario#: 613 Date: 418-BC Location: Mantinea, GreeceIronically, the greatest Hoplite battle of the Peloponnesian War was fought during the Peace of Nicias (421-415). Athens was able to forge an anti-Spartan coalition. King Agis II of Sparta marched out to seek a decisive battle. The Spartan army … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Megalopolis (331 BC)Scenario#: 626 Date: 331-BC Location: Megalopolis, GreeceSparta had stood on the sidelines while Athens and Thebes battled Macedon at Chaeronea. As the Macedonian army plunged ever deeper into Asia, King Agis III sensed an opportunity to regain the hegemony of Greece for Sparta. Agis began secret … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Munychia (404 BC)Scenario#: 616 Date: 404-BC Location: Piraeus, GreeceThrasybulus and the Athenian exiles marched from Phyle to the port city of Piraeus. The next day, oligarchic forces under the command of Critias, one of the Thirty Tyrants, marched out to meet them. Thrasybulus had taken a defensive position … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Nemea (394 BC)Scenario#: 619 Date: 394-BC Location: Nemea, GreeceAfter the Theban victory at the battle of Haliartus, Athens, Thebes, Corinth and Argos joined together in an anti-Spartan alliance. Aristodemus was sent north to challenge the alliance and the two armies met near the dry riverbed of Nemea. The … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Olpae (426 BC)Scenario#: 609 Date: 426-BC Location: Argos, GreeceDuring the Second, or Great, Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) the Athenians recognized their inferiority to Sparta in land warfare, and chose to fight with proxy forces and at sea. Nevertheless, there were many small battles, and the clash at Olpae … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Phyle (404 BC)Scenario#: 615 Date: 404-BC Location: Phyle, GreeceFollowing Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War, the victorious Spartans imposed an oligarchic government on the city which became known as the Thirty Tyrants. Late in 404, Thrasybulus, leading a force of Anthenian exiles, gathered at Phyle near… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Piraeus (403 BC)Scenario#: 617 Date: 403-BC Location: Piraeus, GreeceAfter the Thirty were deposed, the new government, although more moderate, was not ready to compromise with the Athenian exiles, who now held the Athenian port of Piraeus. The new government sent emissaries to Sparta, and Sparta sent Pausanias at … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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River Centrites (401 BC)Scenario#: 618 Date: 401-BC Location: Baghdad, IraqAfter the battle of Cunaxa, the Ten Thousand chose Cheirisophus and Xenophon as leaders. Xenophon led an organized retreat through Carducia and Armenia toward the Black Sea, constantly harassed first by Persian armies and then by local tribes. Using… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Sepeia (494 BC)Scenario#: 603 Date: 494-BC Location: Argolis, GreeceCleomenes I of Sparta, inspired by the words of the oracle at Delphi that he would take Argos, marched into Argive territory. It was here that the Argive army took up a defensive position. The Argive generals wanted to be … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Sphacteria (425 BC)Scenario#: 610 Date: 425-BC Location: Spacteria, GreeceAfter the Battle of Pylos, a force of Spartan soldiers was isolated on the island of Sphacteria. Demosthenes, commanding the force at Pylos, initially planned to starve the Spartans out, but it became clear over time that the Spartans would … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Tanagra (457 BC)Scenario#: 608 Date: 457-BC Location: Tanagra, GreeceThe First Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC) broke out due to Megara’s defection from the Spartan alliance, and Spartan envy and fear over the growth of the Athenian Empire. Nicomedes marched an army into Boeotia in 457 BC to intervene in … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Tegyra (375 BC)Scenario#: 622 Date: 375-BC Location: Orchomenus, GreeceIn 379 BC, an insurrection ejected the Spartan garrison at Thebes, and the city set about reestablishing its control over the Boeotian League. After several years, the Thebans succeeded in driving Spartan garrisons out of every city in Boeotia,… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Thyreatis (545 BC)Scenario#: 602 Date: 545-BC Location: Thyrea, GreeceSparta and Argos were quarreling over Thyreatis, a territory which was occupied by Sparta, but belonged to Argos. The Argives marched out to recover their land, but instead of engaging in battle, the two armies agreed that rather than commit … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |