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Spartan Leadership and Decline of Democracy 213
aj during the Peloponnesian Wars military leadership had 399. Rise of
So become a profession. Athens produced a whole group of £nit2y°na
Pr°fessional military leaders, the most talented among whom y^"sJ„„
\y@o V Aenopnon
_ ^-enophon. About 400 B.C. he took service in Asia Minor and the Ten
With p Thousand
^yrus, a young Persian prince. In a famous retreat from
•p. y'°n> Xenophon led ten thousand Greek troops up the
'Sis past the ruins of Nineveh and through the mountains
Unt'l they reached the Black Sea and finally returned home in
^fety. of j.jjjg extraordinary raid into the Persian Empire
enophon has left a modest account called the "Anabasis"
I up
"going"), one of the great books which have descended
Us from ancient times.
Such leaders were now discussing the theory of military 400. Rise of
Perations, methods of strategy, and the best kinds of weapons ; ™ience,
atl£i books on military science were appearing. The Mediter- J*^*"1
fUean, which had so long ago received the arts of peace from machinery •
the ("V" r an(^ larger
orient, was now also learning from the same source the warships
,.^fe °f war machinery like movable towers and battering rams.
^ 'be same time larger warships were constructed, some
aviI1g as many as five banks of oars, and the old triremes
v'th three banks could no longer stand against these new and
Powerful ships.
Th
ne rule of Sparta finally caused such dissatisfaction that the 401. War of
eeks, led by Athens, began to revolt. Athenian successes states "against
gainst Sparta at length led the Persians to fear lest Athens ^f^3?5-
°uld again be strong enough to endanger Persian control in war between
la Minor. The Spartans, who had been fighting Persia, Persia; the
Thlef°re ^0und ^ easy t0 arranSe a Peace witn the Persians. f^sfB.c.^"'
t e Greek states fighting Sparta were equally willing to come
terms, and when peace was at last established in Greece, it
^as Under the humiliating terms of a treaty accepted by Hellas
the hands of the Persian king. It is known as the King's
X. r
th,
eace (387 E.c). It did not end the leadership of Sparta over
^e Greek states, and the Greek cities of Asia Minor were
amefully ■ abandoned to Persia.
Spartan Leadership and Decline of Democracy 213
aj during the Peloponnesian Wars military leadership had 399. Rise of
So become a profession. Athens produced a whole group of £nit2y°na
Pr°fessional military leaders, the most talented among whom y^"sJ„„
\y@o V Aenopnon
_ ^-enophon. About 400 B.C. he took service in Asia Minor and the Ten
With p Thousand
^yrus, a young Persian prince. In a famous retreat from
•p. y'°n> Xenophon led ten thousand Greek troops up the
'Sis past the ruins of Nineveh and through the mountains
Unt'l they reached the Black Sea and finally returned home in
^fety. of j.jjjg extraordinary raid into the Persian Empire
enophon has left a modest account called the "Anabasis"
I up
"going"), one of the great books which have descended
Us from ancient times.
Such leaders were now discussing the theory of military 400. Rise of
Perations, methods of strategy, and the best kinds of weapons ; ™ience,
atl£i books on military science were appearing. The Mediter- J*^*"1
fUean, which had so long ago received the arts of peace from machinery •
the ("V" r an(^ larger
orient, was now also learning from the same source the warships
,.^fe °f war machinery like movable towers and battering rams.
^ 'be same time larger warships were constructed, some
aviI1g as many as five banks of oars, and the old triremes
v'th three banks could no longer stand against these new and
Powerful ships.
Th
ne rule of Sparta finally caused such dissatisfaction that the 401. War of
eeks, led by Athens, began to revolt. Athenian successes states "against
gainst Sparta at length led the Persians to fear lest Athens ^f^3?5-
°uld again be strong enough to endanger Persian control in war between
la Minor. The Spartans, who had been fighting Persia, Persia; the
Thlef°re ^0und ^ easy t0 arranSe a Peace witn the Persians. f^sfB.c.^"'
t e Greek states fighting Sparta were equally willing to come
terms, and when peace was at last established in Greece, it
^as Under the humiliating terms of a treaty accepted by Hellas
the hands of the Persian king. It is known as the King's
X. r
th,
eace (387 E.c). It did not end the leadership of Sparta over
^e Greek states, and the Greek cities of Asia Minor were
amefully ■ abandoned to Persia.