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Day 322 Book 5, Chapter 16

However, since Agis issued these commands in the heat of battle and on such short notice, it turned out that Aristocles and Hipponoidas failed to execute their maneuver. For this failure, they were later exiled from Sparta on charges of cowardice. Me...

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