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Spartan General Pausanias Lived in Society Woven Around Honor Alone The “Death of Pausanias,” Credit: Cassell’s Illustrated Universal History, 1882/Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain Known as The Regent, Spartan general Pausanias lived a life which encapsulated the harsh realities of the Ancient Greek city state a nephew of the great Leonidas, he ended up being killed by his own people for allegedly betraying Sparta. He was born to his high-ranking father Cleombrotus and mother Theano and reigned from 479–478 BC; he died in ignominy in 477 BC. ” width=”1080″>Succeeding his father Cleombrotus who, in turn, succeeded King Leonidas I, Pausanias was born into a family of great prestige in the military society of Sparta.

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