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The Laconian War

By: Chris Zangus

Belligerents

  • Sparta
  • Doric Cretans
  • Argos

Vs.

  • 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

Sources

  • www.encyclo.co.uk/define/War%20against%20NabisƒB
  • www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/.../Nabis¢
  • google maps and images
  • War against Nabis book

Location

  • Was fought in Laconia and Argolid

Result

  • Sparta lost its major powers
  • Nabis was killed
  • Sparta became member of Achaean League
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