Battle of Leuktra 371 BC

[Paralus]

When that policy was utterly repudiated - through the negotiations of Antalcidas - resulting in the "Peace of Antalcidas" (better known as the "King's Peace"), Xenophon chooses to totally omit the Spartan's wholesale sell-out of the Greeks of Asia Minor to ensure its mainland empire.

You say this like its a bad thing. Far-flung outposts of an empire are always the first to go when defense need cause contraction...

I'd preface this by stating that the post was written in terms of addressing Xenophon's bias.

No, rather it is said baldy or unapologetically. My postings with respect to Sparta and her policies – from the late seventh century but particularly the late “classical periodâ€