Top 4 takeaways from the life of Agesilaus.  Also, further reading: Plutarch, "On Sparta": https://amzn.to/3Ni3RaO -Cornelius Nepos, Lives of the Great Commanders (trans. Quintus Curtius): https://amzn.to/3AtrqpO -Xenophon, Hellenica: https://amzn.to/41YXmOx -Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire (historical novel): https://amzn.to/3V0gCsH -Paul Cartledge, Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta: https://amzn.to/3L3Wj9d -John Buckler, Theban Hegemony:https://amzn.to/3Lonc98 -James Romm, The Sacred Band:https://amzn.to/3L1WoKA -Charles Hamilton, Agesilaus and the Failure of Spartan Hegemony: https://amzn.to/3oDn38P How to Take Over the World Podcast: Philip of Macedon