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were the citizens of Sparta. They were the elite class and were the only deserving of the title
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Sparta was divided over what to do about Athens itself. Lysander and King Agis were for total destruction as were Sparta's leading allies
Corinth and Thebes. However, a more moderate faction led by Pausanias gained the upper hand. Athens was spared but her long walls and the fortifications of
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71:, none of whom were Spartans. Plutarch was writing several centuries after the period of Spartan hegemony had ceased. This creates difficulties in understanding the Spartan political system, which was distinctly different from any other Greek polis.
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