Sparta 's military did fall a couple of times. After defeating Athens in the Peloponnesian war, Sparta turned out to be a clumsy great power in Greece. Spartans butt into local politics all over the Greek world, supporting oligarchic regimes against democracies but also generally trampling on the jealously guarded local rights of the many city-states. Besides Sparta was happy to cut deals with the Persians in order to defeat Athens, which undercuts the legitimacy of Sparta 's traditional role as Guardians …show more content…
The Lacedaemonian cavalry was very weak because any good Spartan warrior would still want to be on serving as hoplites [infantrymen] ...he writes. The Thebans, by contrast, had an old cavalry tradition, and their excellent horses, this was greatly exercised in the previous wars, quickly scattered the Spartan cavalry all over the place and drove the Spartan warriors back into their phalanx, confusing its order.With all of the confusion going on in the Spartan cavalry, the slaughter was of the battle began. Cleombrotus, was fighting in the phalanx along side the other Spartans, as Spartan kings did, was killed and was carried out of the battle dying ... Other leading Spartans were soon also killed in the battle as well, writes Lendon. “The Theban general Epaminondas is said to have called out grant me one step, and we will have the