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I will now give an account of the achievements of his reign, for I believe that his deeds will throw the clearest light on his qualities.Now Agesilaus was still a young man1 when he gained the throne. He had been but a short time in power when the news leaked out that the king of the Persians was assembling a great navy and army for an attack on the Greeks.
1 He was over forty; but see the Introduction.
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