Hamilton Charles D. Agesilaus and the Failure of Spartan Hegemony

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. — xix, 280 p.This book focuses both on King Agesilaus II (c. 443–c. 358 B.C.) as a man and as an infulential public figure, and on Sparta, the state he ruled for some 40 years during the period in which it dominated much of the Greek world.The Character and Personality of Agesilaus.
Agesilaus as King and Commander.
The Socioeconomic Crisis of Fourth-Century Sparta.
Agesilaus’ Rise to Power.
From the King’s Peace to the Seizure of Thebes.
The Liberation of Thebes and Its Aftermath.
The Road to Leuctra.
The Collapse of Spartan Hegemony.
Epilogue: The Final Years.