Under the sign of Lycurgus: the atavistic reformism of Agis IV and Cleomenes III

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  • César Fornis Universidad de Sevilla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.28.2015.15124

Keywords:

Sparta, Hellenistic period, royalty, Agis IV, Cleomenes III, atavism, reforms of the polis

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the attempts of reform of the Spartan state by the kings Agis IV and Cleomenes III. With legitimizing purpose, they presented them as an atavistic recovery of the kosmos (order) ascribed to the legendary Lycurgus, which had formed to the citizens in moral virtues and which had settled the glorious past of the city. We conclude that these measures did not attack the roots of the evils corroding the Lacedaimonian polis or significantly transformed the old social, political and economic structures in order to adapt them to the new times, those of the Hellenism. 

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Author Biography

César Fornis, Universidad de Sevilla

Profesor Titular de Historia Antigua con la Acreditación de Catedrático de Universidad.

Published

2016-04-05

How to Cite

Fornis, C. (2016). Under the sign of Lycurgus: the atavistic reformism of Agis IV and Cleomenes III. Espacio Tiempo Y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, (28), 19–38. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.28.2015.15124

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