The The 500 years after it, the historian Pawsanius called the Battle of Lutra the most decisive battle ever fought by

Greeks against Greeks. But what did Catlin Tully Stark say so memorably after hearing of Rob's

victories in the West early in the War of Five Kings? She said, did he beat Lord Tywin? He was the one that

mattered. The Spartans, at least unfamiliar with the Song of Ice and Fire, took heart in the concept,

which is to say that their version of Taiwan, King Adjus, wasn't president the battle. He hadn't lost. It was the younger King

Cleombrides in command, and frankly, as we saw, his decisions were terrible, especially considering

he comes from this military society where the top of the top spend all their time fighting

and thinking about how to fight.

Thus, Agisilawas was now more motivated than ever to regain the just recently lost Spartan supremacy,

while Thebes under Pemnonondas and Pelopodus was suddenly the spearpoint of a new Greece.

Hundreds of years of the status quo had changed in one afternoon, or morning even. This certainly disrupted the expectations and plans of the biggest players who have

been involved in our story, people like Jason Afira and Great King Artaxerxes of Persia. They've been

reckoning with what's going on in Greece

and planning around it this whole time.

They didn't necessarily expect this battle to even happen, let alone who won.

So they had some adjustments to make.

They would have to figure out how to twist this to their advantage, as was their want.

But both of these two are going to face internal threats.

That's going to make capitalizing on what's going on in Greece more difficult,

which might open the way for other people to get their finger or foot in the door or what have you.

Most deaths in battle occur when one side breaks and runs. This is well established

in the Song of Ice and Fire, in the real world, etc. It's been said many times, right? And it's true.

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