TY - JOUR
TI - Sparta, Its Fleet, and the Aegean Islands in 387–375 BC
AU - Duszyński, Wojciech
TI - Sparta, Its Fleet, and the Aegean Islands in 387–375 BC
AB - The naval politics of Sparta in the period between the Corinthian and Boeotian Wars is a problem that barely features in modern studies on classical Greek history. The article tries to partially fill this gap, through analysis of the scant sources. The author argues that Sparta did not withdraw completely from maintaining its own presence in the Aegean Sea after conclusion of the King’s Peace. From the few testimonies, especially of Xenophon and Polyaenus, we can conclude that Sparta even kept a fleet (albeit small) in this period. This means that some kind of influence on insular poleis could have been exerted. Possible examples of Spartan actions, like on Thasos, are also disputed. However, all bridgeheads in the Aegean that Sparta probably had were lost in the first phase of the Boeotian War. This puts into question the quality of Lacedaemonian leadership, in terms of both political and military command. The article was prepared as a part of grant: The Aegean Islands 8th-4th c. BC – 4th c. AD. Centre or Periphery of the Greek World. Project ID: 2012/07/B/HS3/03455. 
VL - 2016
IS - Volume 23
PY - 2016
SN - 1897-3426
C1 - 2084-3909
SP - 65
EP - 76
DO - 10.4467/20800909EL.16.004.5823
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/electrum/article/sparta-its-fleet-and-the-aegean-islands-in-387-375-bc
KW - Athens
KW - Sparta
KW - Aegean Sea
KW - islands
KW - fleet
KW - Second Athenian League
KW - King’s Peace
KW - Corinthian War
KW - Boeotian War