| Sparta failed to co-ordinate a two-pronged attack on the Boeotians, and Lysander was killed in a Spartan defeat at Haliartus in Boeotia. |
| Sparta had also, in the late 8th century, defeated and annexed the territory of Messenia, its western neighbour. |
| What followed was a chaotic period in which Sparta, Thebes, and a renascent Athens jostled for power, with Persia stirring the pot. |
| They were also required to provide troops for the Lacedaemonian army and support Sparta in time of war. |
| He also probably introduced the gnomon into Greece and erected one in Sparta. |
| A solid sophomore entry for a band born out of intensity, Sparta have made an iffy decision in veering off into a lighter direction. |
