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In 404 BC, why did Sparta make it a condition of the peace ending
the Peloponnesian War that Athens should recall her exiles? What
was the benefit of that to Sparta?

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Athens exiled anyone who was against their political ideologies and democratic philosophy.

The exiles fomented unrest in Athens, and that is exactly what Sparta wanted; their ultimate goal was to destroy Athen's internal democratic system.

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Irulan Serena

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Along with teaching classical Literature for over thirty-eight years, I have also taught history of the Greco-Roman cultures. History and Mythology are, in my opinion, inseparable; it is necessary to have a background in both to have a clear understanding of both ends of the spectrum, the myth and the fact.

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