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Laconia

Also known as Lakonia, Lacedaemon

Laconia is a region of the south-eastern Peloponnese in Greece, centred on the Eurotas valley between the Taygetus and Parnon mountains. In the Mycenaean age it held the kingdom remembered in Homer as that of Menelaus, and from the Archaic period it was the territory of Sparta. It is now a regional unit with its capital at Sparta.

Laconia
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Mentioned in 2 profiles

SpartaFoundation, Socioeconomy, Impact, Decline, SummaryBoeotian LeagueMilitary

Mentioned in 9 state histories

Mycenaean Kingdom of LaconiaKingdom of LapethosTheraSpartaTegeaPeloponnesian LeagueArcadian LeagueEzeritaiBarony of Passavant

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Laconia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/laconia
MLA
“Laconia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/laconia. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Laconia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/laconia.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Laconia’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/laconia (Accessed: ).

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