Category: History - European
Peace or convention of Antalkidas. Its import and character. Separate partnership between Sparta and Persia.—Degradation in the form of the convention—an edict drawn up, issued, and enforced, by Persia upon Greece.—Gradual loss of Pan-hellenic dignity, and increased submission...
Peace or convention of Antalkidas. Its import and character. Separate partnership between Sparta and Persia.—Degradation in the form of the convention—an edict drawn up, issued,...
2. CHAPTER LXXVII.Great ascendency of Sparta on land in 379 B.C.—Sparta is now feared as the great despot of Greece.—Strong complaint of the rhetor Lysias, expressed at the Olympic festival of 38...
3. CHAPTER LXXVIII.Measures for executing the stipulations made at the congress of Sparta.—Violent impulse of the Spartans against Thebes.—King Kleombrotus is ordered to march into Bœotia, and enc...
4. CHAPTER LXXIX.Changes in Peloponnesus since the battle of Leuktra.—Changes out of Peloponnesus.—Amyntas prince of Macedonia.—Ambitious views of Athens after the battle of Leuktra.—Her aspirat...
5. CHAPTER LXXX.Conspiracy of the knights of Orchomenus against Thebes—destruction of Orchomenus by the Thebans.—Repugnance excited against the Thebans—regret and displeasure of Epaminondas.—Re...
6. CHAPTER LXXXI.Syracuse after the destruction of the Athenian armament.—Anticipation of the impending ruin of Athens—revolution at Thurii.—Syracusan squadron under Hermokrates goes to act agai...
7. CHAPTER LXXXII.Imilkon with the Carthaginian army marches from Agrigentum to attack Gela.—Brave defence of the Geloans—Dionysius arrives with an army to relieve them.—Plan of Dionysius for a g...
8. CHAPTER LXXVI.The peace or convention[1] which bears the name of Antalkidas, was an incident of serious and mournful import in Grecian history. Its true character cannot be better described t...
9. CHAPTER LXXVII.At the beginning of 379 B.C., the empire of the Lacedæmonians on land had reached a pitch never before paralleled. On the sea, their fleet was but moderately powerful, and they...
10. CHAPTER LXXVIII.Immediately after the congress at Sparta in June 371 B.C., the Athenians and Lacedæmonians both took steps to perform the covenants sworn respectively to each other as well as t...
11. CHAPTER LXXIX.Prodigious was the change operated throughout the Grecian world during the eighteen months between June 371 B.C. (when the general peace, including all except Thebes, was sworn...
12. CHAPTER LXXX.It was during this period,—while Epaminondas was absent with the fleet, and while Pelopidas was engaged in that Thessalian campaign from whence he never returned,—that the Theba...
13. CHAPTER LXXXI.In the sixtieth chapter of this work, I brought down the history of the Grecian communities in Sicily to the close of the Athenian siege of Syracuse, where Nikias and Demosthene...
14. CHAPTER LXXXII.The proceedings, recounted at the close of my last chapter, whereby Dionysius erected his despotism, can hardly have occupied less than three months; coinciding nearly with the...