A Research On The Military Action Of The Spartan King Agesilaus ?

Agesilaus ?, the king of the ancient Greek city of Sparta, who reigned 41 years from the succession to the throne in 399 B.C. to the death in 360 B.C.. Agesilaus II lived in the time after the Peloponnesian War when Sparta achieved the hegemony. As the king of Sparta he conquered north and south and was seen as the embodiment of Spartan warrior spirit. Nowadays domestic research on Agesilaus ? is not yet sufficient, through the research on Agesilaus ?, this article may be useful for scholars in the matter of the study of the politics and military in the late ancient Greek city-state period.This paper is divided into introduction, main body and conclusion. The first chapter introduces the background and succession to the throne of Agesilaus ?, mainly describes the influences of natural physical defect and Spartan military education on his characters,and how he achieved the throne under the support of Lysander; the second chapter introduces the military action which was conducted by Agesilaus ?, especially the Sardis War and the Corinthian War,and probes into his ability of conduct,strategy and military;the third chapter mainly introduces the influences of Agesilaus ?'s 41-year throne on Sparta's military and diplomacy, especially analyzes the long-time saying that whether Agesilaus ? was Sparta's 'Revival King' or 'Guilty King'.About the conclusion, as far as I can see, Agesilaus ?'s military action protected the hegemony of Sparta in some degree; however, the frequent wars and the severe war costs made the population and the economy of Sparta city-state difficult to sustain,conflicts between city-states were frequent, the affairs of the city-states were interfered in by Persian Empire, which made the Sparta hegemony declined rapidly.