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• 243 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeEgypt* Ptolemy III returns from Syria by a revolt in Egypt. As a result, Seleucus II is able to regain control of his kingdom with the Egyptians being pushed out of Mesopotamia and part of Northern Syria. * Ptolemy III returns …   Wikipedia

• Nabis — For other uses, see Nabis (disambiguation). Coin of Nabis of Sparta claiming to be king; legend reads ΒΑΙΛΕΟΣ (Doric Greek for βασιλέως, genitive of βασιλεύς) and ΝΑΒΙΟΣ (Νάβιος is Doric Greek for Νάβιδος, genitive of Νάβις)[1] Nabis (Ancient… …   Wikipedia

• Laconophilia — is love or admiration of Sparta and of the Spartan culture or constitution. The term derives from Lacones, a poetic term for the Spartans or Lacedaemonians, from Laconia, the part of the Peloponnesus which the Spartans inhabited. Admirers of the… …   Wikipedia

• History of Sparta — This article covers the history of Sparta from its founding to the present, concentrating primarily on the Spartan state during the height of its power from the 6th to the 4th century BCE.The LegendTradition relates that Sparta was founded by its …   Wikipedia

• Xenophon — Xenophontian /zen euh fon tee euhn/, Xenophontine /zen euh fon tuyn, tin/, adj. /zen euh feuhn, fon /, n. 434? 355? B.C., Greek historian and essayist. * * * born 431, Attica, Greece died shortly before 350 BC, Attica Greek historian. Born of a… …   Universalium

• Agis IV — ▪ king of Sparta born c. 263 BC died 241       Spartan king (244–241) who failed in his attempt to reform Sparta s economic and political structure.       Agis succeeded his father, Eudamidas II, at the age of 19. Drawing upon the tradition of… …   Universalium