Lysander of Sparta (Lysander the Great)

Lysander the Great of Sparta (468BC-395BC) Lysander was the first King of a united Greece and the first true conqueror of the west.

468: Lyander is born the first born of humble parents in a village about twenty miles outside of the city of Sparta. Both of his parents have dreams of Lysander becoming great one day.

461: Lysander is sent through Spartan military training thanks to his fathers freindship with a Spartan general.

449: Lysander fights in his first battle and distinguishs himself as commander of a troop of ten soilders. Shortly after this battle, Lysander, with aproval of his commanding general begins traning the Spartans in the use of 14 foot long pikes whch designed to keep the enemy a bay while they are attacked by stones, arrows, and the like.

447: Lysander leads his new command in a battle with the Athenaens and their allies. So great is the victory that Lysander is given permission to train the entire Spartan army in this new way.