The Laconian War
By: Chris Zangus
Belligerents
- Rome
- Achaean League
- Macedon
- Pergamum
- Rhodes
Nabis
- Ruler of Sparta from 207 BC to 192 BC
- Murdered after the War of Laconia(war of Nabis)
History
How many men where involved?
- Started 195 B.C
- Was fought between Sparta and a coalition composed of Rome, the Achaean league, Pergamum Rhodes, and Macedon
- Macedon gave Sparta Argos
- Anti-spartan coalition captured Spartan naval base at Gythium
- It was the war against Nabis to remove all his power and since he singed a peace treaty with Rome in 201BC and attacked the territory of Messene
- 30,000 on Spartan side and 50,000 on Roman side with 98 ships
- www.encyclo.co.uk/define/War%20against%20NabisB
- www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/.../Nabis¢
Location
- Was fought in Laconia and Argolid
Result
- Sparta lost its major powers
- Nabis was killed
- Sparta became member of Achaean League