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The Dead Warrior Society
Exploring history's greatest soldiers, warriors, and armies throughout the ages. The Dead Warrior Society uses contemporary accounts of what actually happened from those who saw it as well as scholarly research.
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The Dead Warrior Society
Corruption, Betrayal, and Suicide - The Demise of King Cleomenes I of Sparta
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Zachary Masek
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Season 1
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Episode 7
In this episode we explore the second half of Cleomenes I career as a King of Sparta in the late 6th and early 5th century. His blatant corruption and wild betrayal against Sparta play a part in his downfall but ultimately during this time his mental health declines rapidly and the king spirals into madness.