{"slug": "nabis-of-sparta", "label": "Nabis of Sparta", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabis_of_Sparta", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312689", "qid": "Q312689", "description": "Last king of Sparta from 207 to 192 BC", "entries": 11, "years": 9, "span": [-206, -187], "span_label": ["207 BCE", "188 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "achaean-league", "label": "Achaean League", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "philopoemen", "label": "Philopoemen", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "argos-peloponnese", "label": "Argos, Peloponnese", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aetolia", "label": "Aetolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-v-of-macedon", "label": "Philip V of Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "titus-quinctius-flamininus", "label": "Titus Quinctius Flamininus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -206, "year_label": "207 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Nabis, a Syrian sold into slavery, rises to power in Sparta and becomes regent of the young Spartan king, Pelops, following the death of Machanidas. Nabis soon overthrows Pelops, claiming to be a descendant of the Eurypontid Spartan king Demaratus. Nabis then starts a social revolution which will lead to the freeing of all the helots, the destruction of the ruling oligarchy, the redistribution of land and the cancelling of debts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018864#Greece", "title": "207 BC", "revid": 1213018864, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -204, "year_label": "205 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After the peace, the Spartan king, Nabis, goes to war with the Achaean League. The Achaean general Philopoemen expels Nabis of Sparta from Messene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361853505#Greece", "title": "205 BC", "revid": 1361853505, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -200, "year_label": "201 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Spartan king, Nabis, once more invades and captures Messene. However, the Spartans are forced to retreat when the Achaean League army of Philopoemen intervenes. Nabis' forces are decisively defeated at Tegea by Philopoemen and Nabis is forced to check his expansionist ambitions for the time being.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243551551#Greece", "title": "201 BC", "revid": 1243551551, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -196, "year_label": "197 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Spartan ruler, Nabis, acquires the important city of Argos from Philip V of Macedon, as the price of his alliance with the Macedonians. Nabis then defects to the Romans in the expectation of being able to hold on to his conquest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698626#Greece", "title": "197 BC", "revid": 1352698626, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -195, "year_label": "196 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Flamininus accuses the Spartan ruler, Nabis, of tyranny, takes Gythium in Laconia and forces Nabis to surrender Argos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172645#Roman_Republic", "title": "196 BC", "revid": 1354172645, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -193, "year_label": "194 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "With the Roman legions under Flaminius returning to Italy, the Greek states are once again on their own. The Romans leave the dominant powers in the region; the kingdom of Macedonia, the Aetolians, the strengthened Achaean League and the weakened Sparta. The Aetolians, who have opposed the Roman intervention in Greek affairs, incite the Spartan leader, Nabis, to retake his former territories and regain his influence in Greek affairs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368091897#Greece", "title": "194 BC", "revid": 1368091897, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -193, "year_label": "194 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After checking the ambitions of Nabis, the tyrant of Sparta, the Roman forces under proconsul Titus Quinctius Flamininus finally withdraw from Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368091897#Greece", "title": "194 BC", "revid": 1368091897, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -192, "year_label": "193 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "In the meantime, the Spartan ruler, Nabis, moves to recover lost territory, including Gythium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018923#Greece", "title": "193 BC", "revid": 1213018923, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -191, "year_label": "192 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "When Philopoemen reenters Laconia for a second attempt, his forces are ambushed by the Spartan tyrant, Nabis, but nevertheless Philopoemen manages to gain a victory over the Spartan forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342604594#Greece", "title": "192 BC", "revid": 1342604594, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -191, "year_label": "192 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Nabis, tyrant and last independent ruler (from 207 BC) of Sparta", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342604594#Deaths", "title": "192 BC", "revid": 1342604594, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -187, "year_label": "188 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The leader of the Achaean League, Philopoemen, enters northern Laconia with his army and a group of Spartan exiles. His army demolishes the wall that the former tyrant of Sparta, Nabis, has built around Sparta. Philopoemen then restores Spartan citizenship to the exiles and abolishes Spartan law, introducing Achaean law in its place. Sparta's role as a major power in Greece ends, while the Achaean League becomes the dominant power throughout the Peloponnese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560521#Greece", "title": "188 BC", "revid": 1369560521, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}