Vol. 5 No. 1 (1979): V - 1979, fascicolo 1
Articoli

Cleomene III, i mercenari e gli iloti

Published 2016-12-13

Keywords

  • Cleomenes III of Sparta,
  • Greek history

Abstract

Before the battle of Sellasia (222 BC), king Cleomenes had strengthened the Spartan army by granting citizenship not to the helots, but to a fair number of mercenaries.