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	==References==		==References==
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[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]
[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]

In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor. <ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>
In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>

==Structure of Classical Spartan society==
==Structure of Classical Spartan society==

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	[[File:ACOD Two Kings of Sparta.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Archidamos and Pausanias, the two kings of Sparta]]		[[File:ACOD Two Kings of Sparta.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Archidamos and Pausanias, the two kings of Sparta]]
	During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|Eurypontid}} ~~dynasty~~ and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the ~~{{Wiki\|~~Agiad}} dynasty.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>		During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|List of kings of Sparta#Eurypontid dynasty\|Eurypontid dynasty}} and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the [[Agiad dynasty]].<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

	Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>		Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>

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	During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|Eurypontid}} dynasty and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the {{Wiki\|Agiad}} dynasty.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>		During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|Eurypontid}} dynasty and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the {{Wiki\|Agiad}} dynasty.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

	Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the ~~Kings~~ Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>		Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>

	After 427 BCE, having completed what she set out to do and also gathered evidence against Pausanias, Kassandra returned to Sparta, where she confronted the Sage before Archidamos, the ephors, the Gerousia, and the Hippeis, which charged Pausanias for his crimes. As Kassandra made a great service for Sparta in addition to accomplish the Kings' quests, Archidamos granted Kassandra and Myrrine their house back. Before Pausanias could flee Lakonia he was slain by the ''misthios''. When Kassandra and her mother entered in her house, Brasidas came to ask help from the misthios to prepare an attack against the Athenians in [[Pylos]] as they were rumors that Deimos was as their sides. She accepted and made for [[Messenia]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref>		After 427 BCE, having completed what she set out to do and also gathered evidence against Pausanias, Kassandra returned to Sparta, where she confronted the Sage before Archidamos, the ephors, the Gerousia, and the Hippeis, which charged Pausanias for his crimes. As Kassandra made a great service for Sparta in addition to accomplish the Kings' quests, Archidamos granted Kassandra and Myrrine their house back. Before Pausanias could flee Lakonia he was slain by the ''misthios''. When Kassandra and her mother entered in her house, Brasidas came to ask help from the misthios to prepare an attack against the Athenians in [[Pylos]] as they were rumors that Deimos was as their sides. She accepted and made for [[Messenia]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref>

	[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png\|thumb\|250px\|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]		[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png\|thumb\|250px\|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]
	In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis]] ~~happened~~ in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos and Stentor. <ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>		In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis\|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor. <ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>

	==Structure of Classical Spartan society==		==Structure of Classical Spartan society==

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	\|founded = {{Wiki\|Lacedaemon\|Lakedaimon}} {{c\|mythology}}		\|founded = {{Wiki\|Lacedaemon (mythology)\|Lakedaimon}} {{c\|mythology}}
	\|date = 900s BCE		\|date = 900s BCE
	\|abandoned = 192 BCE {{c\|Annexed by [[Achaia]]}}		\|abandoned = 192 BCE {{c\|Annexed by [[Achaia]]}}

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	\|coordinates = 37°04'56.9"N 22°25'24.9"E		\|coordinates = 37°04'56.9"N 22°25'24.9"E<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Atlas]]</ref>
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	**''[[Spears for Hire]]'' {{Mo}}		**''[[Spears for Hire]]'' {{Mo}}
	**''[[For Democracy!]]'' {{Mo}}		**''[[For Democracy!]]'' {{Mo}}
			**''[[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mdat}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mdat}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''

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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Mdat}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1stm}} {{Mdat}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''		*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''
	*[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]		*[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]
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	**''[[For Democracy!]]'' {{Mo}}		**''[[For Democracy!]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mdat}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mdat}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==

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	[[File:ACOD Two Kings of Sparta.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Archidamos and Pausanias, the two kings of Sparta]]		[[File:ACOD Two Kings of Sparta.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Archidamos and Pausanias, the two kings of Sparta]]
	During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|Eurypontid}} ~~dynasty~~ and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the ~~{{Wiki\|~~Agiad}} dynasty.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>		During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|List of kings of Sparta#Eurypontid dynasty\|Eurypontid dynasty}} and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the [[Agiad dynasty]].<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

	Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>		Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>

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	In 480 BCE, Sparta was led by King [[Leonidas]] who fell at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] during the [[Greco-Persian Wars#Second Persian invasion of Greece\|Second Persian invasion of Greece]]. The Greeks were nonetheless victorious in the war, and in the aftermath, [[Athens]] emerged as the hegemonic power as leader of the [[Delian League]].		In 480 BCE, Sparta was led by King [[Leonidas]] who fell at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] during the [[Greco-Persian Wars#Second Persian invasion of Greece\|Second Persian invasion of Greece]]. The Greeks were nonetheless victorious in the war, and in the aftermath, [[Athens]] emerged as the hegemonic power as leader of the [[Delian League]].

	In 448 BCE, the baby [[Alexios]] was sentenced to death after the acting [[Pythia]] [[Praxithea]] of the [[Sanctuary of Delphi]] foretold that [[Leonidas I of Sparta\|Leonidas]]' younger grandchild would bring ruin to [[Sparta]], as per the order of the [[Cult of Kosmos]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Sins of the Past]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Unkindest Cut]]</ref> [[Kassandra]] attempted to save her brother and inadvertently pushed both the priest and Alexios off the cliff to their apparent deaths and was sentenced to death for murder. [[Nikolaos]] ended up causing her to fall from the top of Mount Taygetos.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref> However, both children survived and became fierce warriors.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Serpent's Lair]]</ref>		In 448 BCE, the baby [[Alexios]] was sentenced to death after the acting [[Pythia]] [[Praxithea]] of the [[Sanctuary of Delphi]] foretold that [[Leonidas I of Sparta\|Leonidas]]' younger grandchild would bring ruin to [[Sparta]], as per the order of the [[Cult of Kosmos]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Sins of the Past]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Unkindest Cut]]</ref> [[Kassandra]] attempted to save her brother and inadvertently pushed both the priest and Alexios off the cliff to their apparent deaths and was sentenced to death for murder. [[Nikolaos]] ended up causing her to fall from the top of Mount Taygetos.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref> However, both children survived and became fierce warriors.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Serpent's Lair]]</ref>

	[[File:ACOD Two Kings of Sparta.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Archidamos and Pausanias, the two kings of Sparta]]		[[File:ACOD Two Kings of Sparta.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Archidamos and Pausanias, the two kings of Sparta]]
	During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|List of kings of Sparta#Eurypontid dynasty\|Eurypontid dynasty}} and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the [[Agiad dynasty]].<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>		During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta\|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki\|List of kings of Sparta#Eurypontid dynasty\|Eurypontid dynasty}} and [[Pausanias of Sparta\|Pausanias]] of the [[Agiad dynasty]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

	Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>		Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)\|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>

	After 427 BCE, having completed what she set out to do and also gathered evidence against Pausanias, Kassandra returned to Sparta, where she confronted the Sage before Archidamos, the ephors, the Gerousia, and the Hippeis, which charged Pausanias for his crimes. As Kassandra made a great service for Sparta in addition to accomplish the Kings' quests, Archidamos granted Kassandra and Myrrine their house back. Before Pausanias could flee Lakonia he was slain by the ''misthios''. When Kassandra and her mother entered in her house, Brasidas came to ask help from the misthios to prepare an attack against the Athenians in [[Pylos]] as they were rumors that Deimos was as their sides. She accepted and made for [[Messenia]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref>		After 427 BCE, having completed what she set out to do and also gathered evidence against Pausanias, Kassandra returned to Sparta, where she confronted the Sage before Archidamos, the ephors, the Gerousia, and the Hippeis, which charged Pausanias for his crimes. As Kassandra made a great service for Sparta in addition to accomplish the Kings' quests, Archidamos granted Kassandra and Myrrine their house back. Before Pausanias could flee Lakonia he was slain by the ''misthios''. When Kassandra and her mother entered in her house, Brasidas came to ask help from the misthios to prepare an attack against the Athenians in [[Pylos]] as they were rumors that Deimos was as their sides. She accepted and made for [[Messenia]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref>

	[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png\|thumb\|250px\|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]		[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png\|thumb\|250px\|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]
	In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis\|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>		In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis\|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>

	==Structure of Classical Spartan society==		==Structure of Classical Spartan society==
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	The other classes were the ''perioikoi'', free inhabitants who were non-citizens, and the ''helots'',<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> state-owned serfs. Descendants of non-Spartan citizens were forbidden from the ''agoge''.		The other classes were the ''perioikoi'', free inhabitants who were non-citizens, and the ''helots'',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> state-owned serfs. Descendants of non-Spartan citizens were forbidden from the ''agoge''.

	==Life in Classical Sparta==		==Life in Classical Sparta==

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	[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png\|thumb\|250px\|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]		[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png\|thumb\|250px\|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]
	In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis\|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor. <ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>		In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis\|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>

	==Structure of Classical Spartan society==		==Structure of Classical Spartan society==