Plutarch's Life of Agis and Cleomenes
By Plutarch (Sparta)
The tragic Spartan king-reformers who sacrificed their lives and crowns in a desperate struggle to abolish debts, redistribute land, and revive the ancient laws of Lycurgus. Moral focus: Heroic reform against corrupt oligarchy, fidelity, and noble tragedy.
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Lesson 1: The Decay of Sparta: Gold Replaces Iron
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
The Decay of Sparta: Gold Replaces Iron
The influx of foreign gold and luxury; only seven hundred citizens remain who own land; the rest live in debt.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Decay of Sparta: Gold Replaces Iron
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 2: Young King Agis IV Renounces Wealth
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Lesson 3: The Mother Agesistrata & The Burning of the Bonds
Term Reading 3 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 4: The Betrayal of Agesilaus
Term Reading 4 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 5: The Martyrdom of King Agis
Term Reading 5 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 6: Young Cleomenes Marries Agis's Widow
Term Reading 6 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 7: Cleomenes Restores the Spartan Discipline
Term Reading 7 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 8: The Triumphant Campaigns in Arcadia
Term Reading 8 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 9: The Mother Cratesicleia in Alexandria
Term Reading 9 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 10: The Disaster of Sellasia (222 BC)
Term Reading 10 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 11: The Exile in Egypt: The False Ptolemy Philopator
Term Reading 11 of 12 • Agis IV & Cleomenes III
Lesson 12: The Uprising in Alexandria & The Roman Sword
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