One side in this conflict used civil discord to capture Lechaeum. This conflict began when Locris issued a calculated challenge by collecting taxes in a territory it jointly controlled with Phocis. The revenge attack was expected and intended as a casus belli that brought Thebes into this conflict, which it had engineered with Persian connivance. The Battle of Haliartus early in this conflict resulted in the death of one side's decorated commande
One side in this conflict used civil discord to capture Lechaeum. This conflict began when Locris issued a calculated challenge by collecting taxes in a territory it jointly controlled with Phocis. The revenge attack was expected and intended as a casus belli that brought Thebes into this conflict, which it had engineered with Persian connivance. The Battle of Haliartus early in this conflict resulted in the death of one side's decorated commander and the disgrace of his colleague, Pausanias, who arrived too late to save Lysander from defeat. Their removal empowered Agesilaus, who was forced to remove the Spartan presence from Ionia just as Persia had intended. For 10 points, name this 395-387 BC conflict which fragmented Greece in the Persian interest, fought largely around its namesake isthmus, where mainland Greece connects to the Pelopponese.
One side in this conflict used civil discord to capture Lechaeum.
Corinthian War