tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post3692168078412956331..comments2024-03-27T22:38:23.715+01:00Comments on Sparta Reconsidered: Leonidas in SpartiHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-11338122309730330362010-09-05T10:52:23.998+02:002010-09-05T10:52:23.998+02:00Mani does have an atmosphere of its own, but I alw...Mani does have an atmosphere of its own, but I always feel safe and comfortable in the Eurotas valley.<br /><br />The Spartan version of the dual kingship (according to Herodotus) is that very soon after settling in the Eurotas valley and before the First Messenian War or the Lycurgan Reforms, twins were born to the rulling king Aristodemos. While modern historians dispute this version and Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-67003291298511753262010-09-01T16:58:52.794+02:002010-09-01T16:58:52.794+02:00Down in the Mani it's hot and spooky. I've...Down in the Mani it's hot and spooky. I've seen that statue. <br /><br />Did the Spartans...through Lycurgus...start the two King system? One way of going about the checks and balances thingie. When Caesar was co-consul with Bibulus it didn't work that well.http://marketingfromtheheard.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803728527242881072noreply@blogger.com