The struggle for hegemony in fourth-century Greece: part 2 [Introduction to ancient Greek history]

Educação Superior::Ciências Humanas::HistóriaPresents part of course, introduction to ancient Greek history, when Professor Kagan examines the continuation of Spartan tyranny over the Greek poleis and the response of the Greek world. It became clear that the Greek poleis needed to do something to check the power of Sparta. So, Thebes, Argos, Corinth, and Athens along with some of the smaller poleis joined together to fight Sparta in the Corinthian War. At this time it is the hegemon of Greece now as a kind of a partner of the great king, and the great king leaves Greece essentially to the Spartans without any interference. So, the king made an alliance with Sparta to bring about the King's Peace, which emphasized Greek autonomy and which had the effect of breaking up all alliances, except the Peloponnesian League. After this fact, Sparta continued in its tyrannical behavio