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Navarch (Sparta)

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Herodotus' description of Leotychidas as navarch in 480 is furthermore the first mention of the navarchy in the sources, but it was likely created earlier, perhaps in 512 for the first attack of Sparta against Athens by Anchimolus, likely the first navarch. In the beginning the office was probably
431:. The navarch commanded the fleet, but could also lead his embarked troops on land, performed the sacrifices, distributed wages and booty, negotiated with foreign states, and even administered the territories he captured. An ambitious man such as 443:
rightly described the navarchy as another kingship. Indeed, the navarch's powers were probably taken away from the kings at some point during the 6th century, because they had no authority on the sea. For example,
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in 410, a law was passed an established fixed terms from spring to spring. In about 400 another law forbade iteration of the office, but repetition was apparently allowed, since
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Sealey, "Die spartanische Nauarchie", p. 338, still mentions the possibility that the navarch was appointed, but does not really support it.
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was probably navarch three times. This law could furthermore be bypassed by appointing a secretary (
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could therefore yield formidable influence in Sparta through his time as navarch at the end of the
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Sparta's First Attic War, The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 478–446 B.C.
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The powers of the navarch were extensive and were not subordinate to the two
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Prosopographie der Lakedaimonier, bis auf die Zeit Alexanders des Grossen
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Replaced Pausanias, but his command was rejected by the Greek allies.
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Historika, Storia Greca i Romana, V. 5: Great is the power of the sea
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Sent to help the Ionian cities that revolted against Persia.
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Thommen, "Xenophon und die spartanische Nauarchie", p. 315.
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Thommen, "Xenophon und die spartanische Nauarchie", p. 314.
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It seems the navarchy disappeared after the catastrophic
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irregular and no navarch was appointed for most of the
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Commanded an expedition against the Athenian tyrant
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Sealey, "Die spartanische Nauarchie", pp. 340, 341.
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Sealey, "Die spartanische Nauarchie", pp. 341, 342.
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Sealey, "Die spartanische Nauarchie", pp. 339, 340.
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Index

Spartan navarch
Sparta
Spartan Constitution
Great Rhetra
Lycurgus
Chilon
Epitadeus
Agis IV
Cleomenes III
List of Kings of Sparta
Agiads
Eurypontids
Gerousia
Ephorate
Ekklesia
Navarchy
Spartiates
Perioeci
Helots
Neodamodes
Trophimoi
Mothax
Sciritae
Epeunacti
Partheniae
Agoge
Crypteia
Spartan army
Syssitia
Xenelasia

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