( ? - 470 BC)  Nephew of the Spartan king Leonidas I, Pausanias
was to become a regent to the king's son. He was general of the
Spartan army at the battle of Plataea (479BC) where the Persians
were expelled from Greece. Leading the Greek fleets, Pausanius
secured most of Cyprus and conquered Byzantium, where he kept
his fleet, protecting the Greek seafarers.  Because of his many
successes, Pausanias became quite unbearable, since he took on a
bigheaded attitude, making himself unpopular with the Greek
leaders. He was called back to Sparta since they had replaced
him, but he was to return later as a private person, driving his
own politics. He lived like a king and made plans of conquest to
such a degree that the Spartan government accused him of
treason, of which he was aquitted.  Being a man of vision, he
planned to overthrow the Spartan govern-ment with help of the
helots, but the plans were revealed, and he fled to a temple for
refuge. His mother and the rest of the Spartans blocked the
entrance until he d