Agesilaus, king of Sparta (398-360); waged war in Asia (396-394), victor at Coronea, saviour of Sparta after Mantinea (362); [ii, 16].
[Agis IV], king of Sparta (244-240); attempted to re-establish the institutions of Lycurgus and reform property abuses; put to death through organized wealth, [ii, 80].
Agrarian Laws, a menace to the stability of the government, [ii, 78-83].
Agriculture, impossible without man, [ii, 12]; man's noblest calling, [i, 151].
Agrigentum, a city on the south coast of Sicily, once "the most beautiful city of mortals," ruled by Phalaris (560), [ii, 26].
Ajax, son of Telamon; could brook no wrong, went mad, and committed suicide when the arms of Achilles were awarded to Odysseus, [i, 113]; rebuked Odysseus, [iii, 98]. Subject of a tragedy by Ennius, [i, 114].
Albucius, Titus, an Epicurean; praetor in Sardinia (105); prosecuted for extortion, [ii, 50].
Alexander, the Great (356-323), son of Philip of Macedon, [ii, 16], [48]; greater than his father in achievement, inferior in courtliness, [i, 90]; governor of Macedonia (340), [ii, 53]; conquered Greece (338-335), subdued Asia (334-331), Egypt (331), invaded India (329-327), founded Alexandria and other cities, and died of a drunken debauch ([i, 90]).
Alexander, tyrant of Pherae (369); brother, son-in-law, and successor of Jason ([q.v.]), defeated and slew Pelopidas of Thebes at Cynocephalae (364); murdered by his wife and her three brothers, [ii, 25], [26].
Alexandria, the metropolis of Egypt at the mouth of the Nile; founded by Alexander (332); centre of wealth ([ii, 82]); grain market, [iii, 50].