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to escape the coup attempt of one Chilon, who murdered all the ephors and attempted to revive the land redistribution programs of
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with one silver talent each. Modern historians have doubted this story, however, and suggest that
Lycurgus may have indeed belonged to an obscure collateral branch of the ancient Eurypontid family.
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was unsuccessful, and
Laconia itself was soon overrun by Macedonian forces. After unsuccessfully counterattacking a Messenian detachment and failing to prevent Macedon from capturing the
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with varying success, and underwent multiple exiles during his checkered reign. He also effectively abolished the traditional
Spartan diarchy by dethroning his fellow king
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