Tristan Hughes

Any chance they can get to destroy Athens, they take it.

Does it make sense then for us to now explore a little bit about how successful the Spartans are in Asia Minor?

Or should we go now to what is called, is it the Corinthian War or Nemea?

Or chronologically wise, where should we start?

Should we start with Asia Minor and Sparta or the mainland?

Just so we're clear on that.

That pesky Athenian general you could always get back to, but come on, let's move on from that side.

Persians themselves at this time.

So they held trigger.

And do you think it's pretty likely that this is the true case, that the Persians, seeing that this Spartan army threat on their territory,

Like a classic, you know, they almost create a diversionary tactic by encouraging, you know, their upset allies at home to rise up and fight.

Right.

Well, let's keep going on from there then.

So that's important to highlight the internal aspect of all of this.

But how does the Corinthian War play out?

So actually, if we're talking about the fall of Sparta, this is still a key date.

How does it all end then?

Do they come to an agreement at the end of the day, a ceasefire or a full-on peace treaty?

Oh, is this the legend of Epictetus?

How successful a treaty is this?