What had brought Sparta finally to its knees? Choose two correct answers. Epaminondas, a Theban general, first freed the Messenian helots, who had been agricultural serfs of the Spartans. The Spartans mistreated their allies by trying to impose Spartan law and cultural values and they all turned against Sparta at once. Spartans decided to retreat on their own because they had lost too many warriors while at the same time experiencing extremely low birth rates. Epaminondas fortified a strategically key city (Megalopolis) by which he cornered the Spartans and then he attacked.

What had brought Sparta finally to its knees? Choose two correct answers. Epaminondas, a Theban general, first freed the Messenian helots, who had been agricultural serfs of the Spartans. The Spartans mistreated their allies by trying to impose Spartan law and cultural values and they all turned against Sparta at once. Spartans decided to retreat on their own because they had lost too many warriors while at the same time experiencing extremely low birth rates. Epaminondas fortified a strategically key city (Megalopolis) by which he cornered the Spartans and then he attacked.

		Epaminondas, a Theban general, first freed the Messenian helots, who had been agricultural serfs of the Spartans.
		The Spartans mistreated their allies by trying to impose Spartan law and cultural values and they all turned against Sparta at once.
		Spartans decided to retreat on their own because they had lost too many warriors while at the same time experiencing extremely low birth rates.
		Epaminondas fortified a strategically key city (Megalopolis) by which he cornered the Spartans and then he attacked.