Game of Thrones at the End of Ancient Greece - Part 5
5/4/20262 hr 13 min
We return to the action immediately following the Battle of Leuctra where Sparta reeled from unexpected defeat. Yet a new determination emerged in King Agesilaus - who reminded his countrymen that his nemesis hadn’t beaten *him*. Meanwhile Thebes, under Epaminondas and Pelopidas, was suddenly the spearpoint of a new Greece, what would they do with this windfall of power? This certainly disrupted the expectations and plans of the biggest players like Jason of Pherae and Great King Artaxerxes of Persia - both of whom simultaneously faced internal threats. In this episode many notable names will meet their end!
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[upbeat music] 500 years after it, the historian Pausanias called the Battle of Leuctra the most decisive battle ever fought by Greeks against Greeks. But what did Catelyn Tully Stark say so memorably after hearing of Robb's victories in the West early in the War of Five Kings? She said, "Did he beat Lord Tywin?" He was the one that mattered. The Spartans, at least unfamiliar with The Song of Ice and Fire, took heart in the concept, which is to say that their version of Tywin, King Agesilaus, wasn't present at the battle. He hadn't lost. It was the younger King Cleombrotus