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How far did domestic conditions determine Spartan foreign policy in the classical period?
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How far did domestic conditions determine Spartan foreign policy in the classical period? This essay aims to show that Sparta had to keep domestic conditions at the forefront of their considerations when conducting their foreign affairs. First Sparta's internal structure will be examined to show why foreign policy needed to be carefully planned, next the organisation of the Peloponnesian league and Sparta's actions in the war with Athens will be considered and finally the decline of Sparta. An analysis of Cartlege's method in Agesilaos and the crisis of Sparta will be made to consider whether Sparta's decline could be interpreted by one man's failure to understand the restriction of Sparta's domestic conditions or whether Sparta had more widespread problems. Sparta had an internal structure that relied on every area of its society to be functioning properly to ensure smooth running of the state. Finley1 divides Sparta's structure into three areas: 1) Infrastructure...
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