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	Sellasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sellasia, Selasia or Selassia (Greek: Σελλασία) rarely Arakhova is a village and a municipality which this town is the seat of the municipality of Oinounta, Inounta or Inouda (Greek, Modern: Οινούντα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ous), ancient form: Oinous or Inous, Latin: Oenus located in the northwestern part of the prefecture of Laconia.
		Sellasia has a school which is located in the south and the central part, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a small post office and a square (plateia).
		Afterwards, Sellasia was destroyed and the population was sold as slaves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sellasia (393 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sparta
		Following the disaster that befell the Roman Imperial Army at the Battle of Adrianople, the Spartan phalanx met and defeated a force of raiding Visigoths in battle.
		The second Battle of Adrianople (August 9, 378) was fought between a Roman army led by the Emperor Valens and Germanic tribes (mainly Visigoths and Ostrogoths, assisted by some non-Germanic Alans) commanded by Fritigern.
		Sellasia, Selasia or Selassia (Greek: Σελλασία) rarely Arakhova is a village and a municipality which this town is the seat of the municipality of Oinounta, Inounta or Inouda (Greek, Modern: Οινούντα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ous), ancient form: Oinous or Inous, Latin: Oenus located in the northwestern part of the prefecture of...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sparta (5341 words)

	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD : List of battles 1400 BC-1400 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battle of Himera[?] The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon[?] of Syracuse.
		225 BC Battle of Faesulae[?] The Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
		Battle of Herdonia[?] Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
	www.factbase.info /li/list-of-battles-1400-bc-1400.html (4461 words)

	Ephor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There were five ephors elected annually, who swore each month to uphold the rule of the kings, while the kings swore to uphold the law.
		The ephors were also considered to be personally at war with the helots, so that they could imprison or execute any of them for any reason at any time without having to bring them to trial or violate religious rituals.
		Cleomenes III abolished the ephors in 227 BC, but they were restored by the Macedonian king Antigonus III Doson after the Battle of Sellasia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ephors (278 words)

	Chronology of Greek History After the Peloponnesian War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(Wmter) Dionysius I was defeated by Carthage at the battle of Cronium.
		331/330 -- Alexander I of Epirus was defeated at the battle of Pandosia.
		Ptolemy V was defeated at the battle of Panion.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /timeline-greek.htm (2322 words)

	Battles
		The Battle of Tanagra 457 BC The Battle of Oenophyta 457 BC The Battle of Salamis / Cyprus 450 BC The Battle of Coronea 447 BC The Battle of Sybota 433 BC The Battle of Potidaea 432 BC Peloponnesian War, Athens and Allies versus Sparta and Allies
		The Battle of Haliartus 395 BC The Battle of Coronea 394 BC The Battle of Cnidus 394 BC The Battle of Naxos 376 BC The Battle of Leuctra 371 BC in central Greece
		The Battle of Heraclea 280 BC Battle of Sellasia 222 BC The Battle of Raphia 217 BC Romans versus the Macedonians and Italian Greeks
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	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battle of Naupactus Phormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet.
		Battle of Sellasia Defeat of Cleomenes III of Sparta by Antigonus Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League
		Battle of the Arius Antiochus III defeats the Parthians
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	Sellasia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sellasia has a school which is located in the south and the central part, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a small post office and a square ((Click link for more info and facts about plateia) plateia).
		During the first campaign of the Epameinondas around 370 BC, before Sellasia was destroyed by the (Click link for more info and facts about Peloponnesian) Peloponnesians.
		In 222 BC, Antigonus crushed Cleomenes at Sellasia and took (The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens) Corinth as a reward.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/sellasia.htm (498 words)

	History of the Hellenistic and Roman World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During a battle in early 279 BCE, Keraunos was thrown by the elephant he was riding and killed; his head decorated a Gallic spear.
		At the battle of Banyais he decisively defeated the Egyptians under Ptolemy V, who was forced to cede all of their western territory -- except the Sinai desert -- to the Seleucids.
		The Roman Legions, led by Consul Aemilius, destroyed the Macedonian army at the Battle of Pydna.
	www.fenrir.dk /history/timeline.php (5770 words)

	Sellasia - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sellasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The hills with farmlands dominate the areas while the Eurotas river is to the east.
		In ancient times, Sellasia controlled the entrance after Laconia to the north.
		Underneath the city on a surface between the Macedonian king, Antigonos III Doson and the Achaean league on the other and Sparta under Cleomenes in which he choose to fight between the narrow hills near Sellasia.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Sellasia.html (262 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Sellasia
		Less squeamish than his predecessor, in 227 BC the opposition in Sparta were removed in a coup - four of the five ephors were killed and eighty opponents...
		The Battle of Sellasia was a war that took place in 222 BC between the armies of Antigonus III Doson, King of Macedonia and Cleomenes III, King of Sparta, the Spartan Forces were massacred and Cleomenes fled to Egypt.
		The allied troops of Sparta and the perioikoi phalanx were occupied by the commander Eucleidas on the other hill, Evas at the left wing.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Sellasia (1217 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 317 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Eager to revenge his country, Philopoemen joined him with a thousand foot and a body of horse, which Megalopolis placed under his command, and at the head of which he fought in the celebrated battle of Sellasia, in which Cleomenes was utterly defeated, and by which peace was for a time restored to Greece.
		The successful issue of this battle was mainly owing to the courage and abilities of Philopoemen, who had charged at the head of the Megalopolitan cavalry without orders, and had thus saved one wing of the army from defeat.
		Antigonus was anxious to take him into his service, and offered him a considerable command ; but this he declined, as he still hoped to secure the independence of his country, and was unwilling to become the servant of a foreign power.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2651.html (1026 words)

	222. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Antigonus formed a new Hellenic League and crushed Cleomenes at the Battle of Sellasia (222).
		Philip, allied with Antiochus III against Egypt (203), began operations in the Aegean, but was defeated by Rhodes, Byzantium, and Attalus of Pergamum in the Battle of Chios (201).
		The Romans drove Antiochus back to Asia in the Battle of Thermopylae (191), and the Aetolians were finally made subject allies of Rome by M. Fulvius Nobilior (189).
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	Category:Battles - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This category serves as the ancestor for all categories containing articles about battles, both historical and fictional; it should contain only general articles and sub-categories.
		In particular, specific battles should not be placed directly into this category, but into one or more of its sub-categories instead.
		More comprehensive guidelines for selecting the appropriate category for a battle can be found at WikiProject Battles.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Category:Battles (186 words)

	Messinia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		War broke outin consequence, it was said, of the murder of the Spartan king Teleclus by the Messenians - which, in spite of the heroism of King Euphaes and his successor Aristodemus ended in the subjection of Messenia to Sparta (c.
		After the Battle of Leuctra (371 BC), Epaminondas invited the exiled Messenians scattered in Italy, Sicily, Africa and elsewhere to return to their country: the city of Messene was founded in 369 BC to be the capital of the country and, like Megalopolis in Arcadia, a powerful check on Sparta.
		Philip V sent Demetrius of Pharos to seize Messene, but the attempt failed and cost the life of Demetrius: soon afterwards the Spartan tyrant Nabis succeeded in taking the city, but was forced to retire by the timely arrival of Philopoemen and the Megalopolitans.
	www.wikiverse.org /messinia (894 words)

	earlyempirespeoples
		Decisive battle in the quest for partition of Alexander's Empire.
		In this battle, the Macedonians under Antigonus III.
		Alexandria fell in 30; Egypt was annexed by Rome.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/sat/wb/ant/hellenism/hellenbattles.html (167 words)

	Greece: Hellenic Kingdoms and the Rise of Rome: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Seleucus I Nicator (312-280) In 311 Seleucus recaptured the satrapy of Babylon from Antigonus and from 308 he was able to conquer the entire eastern half of Alexander's empire as far as the Indus.
		After the death of Antigonus I at the battle of Ipsus (301) Seleucus was to have received all of Syria from the Euphrates to the Mediterranean but refrained from pressing his claims on the coast due to his friendship with Ptolemy[Diod.
		Antigonus I Monophthalmus 306-301- in 301 Antigonus lost at the battle of Ipsus in Phrygia and died in combat there.
	www.juyayay.com /outline/greece/politics04.html (811 words)

	EPHOR - LoveToKnow Article on EPHOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gradually they extendedtheir powers, aided by the jealousy between the royal houses,which made it almost impossible for the two kings to co-operateheartily, and from the 5th to the 3rd century they exercised agrowing despotism which Plato justly calls a tyrannis (Laws, 692).
		restored the royal power by murdering four of the ephors and abolishing the office, and though it was revivedby Antigonus Doson after the battle of Sellasia, and existedat least down to Hadrians reign (Sparta Museum Catalogue, Introd.
		In historical times the ephors were five in number, the firstof them giving his name to the year, lik the eponymous archonat Athens.
	85.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EP/EPHOR.htm (2240 words)

	Cleomenes Page 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There fell, we are told, in the battle, besides many of the mercenary soldiers, all the Spartans, six thousand in number, except two hundred.
		As Phylarchus says, and as is probable in itself, he broke a blood vessel by shouting in the battle itself.
		In the schools we used to be told, that after the victory was won, he cried out for joy, "O glorious day!" and presently bringing up a quantity of blood, fell into a fever, which never left him till his death.
	www.inspirationalspeakers.us /books/Plutarch/C52P8.shtml (525 words)

	Cleomenes III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 226 BC the new army continued to have success.
		Most of Arcadia, Corinth, Argos and the Argolid succumbed to him or joined him and the Achaeans were routed at the Battle of Dyme.
		For his last campaign in 222 BC he faced 28,000 Macedonians with 10,000 Spartans at the Battle of Sellasia on the road to Tegea, but despite a well chosen position and skillful handling the Spartans were overwhelmed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cleomenes_III (389 words)

	hellenscholars
		in Battle of Sellasia 222, fled to Egypt.
		Defeated by the Romans in Battle of Pydna 167.
		against Rome; was defeated by the Romans in 197 in Battle of Cynoscaphalae.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/sat/wb/ant/hellenism/hellenpoliticians.html (441 words)

	Plutarch's Lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		rmy of Illyrians had entered the country; to be freed from whose devastations, the Macedonians sent for Antigonus, and the letters had almost been brought to him before the battle was fought; upon the receipt of which he would at once have marched away home, and left the Achaeans to look to themselves.
		But Fortune, that loves to determine the greatest affairs by a minute, in this conjuncture showed such an exact niceness of time, that immediately after the battle in Sellasia was over, and Cleomenes had lost his army and his city, the messengers came up and called for Antigonus.
		And this above everything made Cleomenes's misfortune to be pitied; for if he had gone on retreating and had forborne fighting two days longer, there had been no need of hazarding a battle; since upon the departure of the Macedonians, he might have had what conditions he pleased from the Achaeans.
	www.manybooks.net /pages/plutarchetext96plivs10/1576.html (284 words)

	Attalus: How to use this site
		For example, to find out which ancient writers describe the battle of Sellasia: from the home page choose Index of Names and then click on Se.
		Go down to the name Sellasia, and there you will find an entry "igonus defeats Cleomenes at Sellasia, and forces him to escape from".
		Click on the link at the start of this line, which is 222/15.
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	disc sect 8
		In 371 BC Thebes defeated the Spartan army in a pivotal battle at Leuctra, a polis in Boiotia.
		In 369 BC Epaminondas, the Theban general, led an expedition into the Peloponnese and liberated Messenia from Sparta.
		What was the result of the battle of Sellasia (Cleomenes vs. Antigonus Doson) in 222 BC anad why was the battle important?
	www.utexas.edu /courses/macedonia/disc_sect_8.htm (1255 words)

	Hellenica by Xenophon eBook by BookRags
		[6] Sellasia, the bulwark of Sparta in the valley of the Oenus.
		Sellasia, B.C. 222, when Antigonus of Macedon destroyed the place
		Theramenes and his companions presently reached Sellasia, and being there questioned as to the reason of their visit, replied that they had full powers to treat of peace.
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	Encyclopedia: Sellasia
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		During the first campaign of the Epameinondas around 370, before Sellasia was destroyed by the Peloponnesians.
		In 222 BC, Antigones crushed Cleomenes at Sellasia and took Corinth as a reward.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sellasia (1058 words)

	Messenia Down to the Roman Occupation
		After that battle the Athenians settled a large Messenian force at Pylos and they staged numerous guerrilla raids into Messenia and Lakonia for several years.
		During the peace negotiations of 421 BC, the Spartans convinced the Athenians to withdraw the Messenian troops from Pylos and garrison it themselves.
		They took part in the battle of Sellasia (222 or 221 BC) with the Akhaians and conquered Sparta.
	www.ancientsites.com /aw/Post/157631 (944 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.02.13
		seems to imply that this occurred at the battle of Sellasia in 222 B.C., while elsewhere he says that this happened in 145 B.C (p.
		While C. demonstrates that many segments of Spartan society, hupomeiones, the "inferiors", and women too, possessed a certain level of literacy, he concludes it was primarily an oral culture, which differed from other Greek cities in its penchant for brevity and wit in self expression.
		He is interested also in hoplite ritualization and how the Spartans came to identify hoplite virtue with virtue itself, as illustrated by Thucydides' narrative of the Battle of the Champions in 545 B.C. The chapter ends with a comparison of the Athenians and the Spartans.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2002/2002-02-13.html (2920 words)

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