Does any one know if the Spartans ever fought the Romans?
I really wanna' know! ^_^
2007-10-12 03:39:36 · 14 answers · asked by Retro-Angel 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Timeline
c.1200 - Mycenean Lakedaemon joins Mycenean expedition to Troy
c.1100 - Fall of Mycenaean kingdom of Lakedaemon. Beginning of Dorian invasion from Illyria
1115(?) - Dorian colonization of Melos and Gortyn from Lakonia
850(?) - Four towns obes politically united to form single Sparta
c.750 - Capture of Amyklai
c.736-716 - First Messenian War
c.720 - Argives capture Asine
706 - Founding of the only Spartan colony; Tarentum
676 - Major reform of Karneia. Great Rhetra.
669 - Spartans defeat Argives at Hysiai
668 - First Gymnopaidai
659 - Spartan capture of Phigaleia
657 - Spartan capture of Hira in Tyrtaios' war
c.600 - Conquest of Pylos and Mothone by Spartan forces
560-550 - Spartan war with Tegea; alliance between Anaxandrdides and Ariston
556 - Khilon first ephor
546 - Battle of Champions(With Argos)
519 - Kleomenes at Plataiai
c.505 - Development of Peloponnesian League (Basic Spartan Empire)
c.494 - Battle of Sepeia
490 - Death of Kleomenes
480 - Battle of Thermopylae (The 300 Spartans)
479 - Battle of Plataea
461-446 - First Peloponnesian War
431-404 - Second Peloponnesian War
404-371 - Spartan Hegemony (Height of Spartan power)
401-400 - Expedition of the 10,000 to Asia
394 - Battle of Nemea (Spartans defeat large allied Greek army)
371 - Battle of Leuktra (Major loss of Spartan power)
244-241--Agis IV King of Sparta
235-222--Kleomenes III king at Sparta
Historical Sites
Though today Sparta doesn't have too many famous places to visit, it still has some interesting historic sites...
2007-10-12 03:45:50 · answer #1 · answered by hello 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 14:08:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-20 05:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an interesting question, because Sparta was already in a long decline about the time of the rise of Roman power. Did they actually ever fight? The answer is yes, technically, there was such a battle when Nabis, a local despot, seized temporary control of Sparta around 200 BC, shortly after which the Roman commandor Flaminius invaded Laconia. Thus, it led to the only significant battle between Spartans and Romans in 195 BC, the Battle of Gythium, in which the Romans handily won.
2007-10-12 03:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Spartans after there heyday often became mercenaries so it is possible some were involved in the wars of Pyrrhus. But as a state only when Rome invaded Greece itself would Spartans have fought then and Sparta mostly kept out of this conflict. In any case long after they had any special military skills.
2007-10-12 04:04:29 · answer #5 · answered by michaelstor 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the class is a history class, it should be about the history of he subject, in your case, Rome. The army will probably be mentioned as it was an important factor in Rome's advancement. A history class will not be a language class, so don't worry about having to learn Latin except for maybe a few words which will more than likely be names.
2016-05-22 01:59:39 · answer #6 · answered by margarite 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope, spartans were WELL before Roman Empire rose to power... battle of Thermoplyae for example was in 480BCE, while the first emporer of Rome, Julius Caesar, came to power in around 44BCE... so literally 4 hundred years later...
2007-10-12 03:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by Peter Griffin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it was called the Roman-Spartan War or Laconian war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_Nabis
2007-10-12 03:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by bum_for_3_months 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-28 16:34:03 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-19 22:30:33 · answer #10 · answered by Bradley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋