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Brasidas and Derkylidas: The Impact of Character and Command on Sparta in the Peloponnesian War

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dc.contributor.advisorCorner, Sean
dc.contributor.authorBlackmore, Cyanna
dc.contributor.departmentAncient Historyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-16T17:28:26Z
dc.date.available2025-10-16T17:28:26Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionIn 5th century BCE Sparta, due to corruption within the dyarchy, the ephorate siphoned away the kings’ military powers and distributed them amongst a new class of commissioned generals. The narrative of two generals, Brasidas and Derkylidas, help to reconstruct Spartan command doctrine and ethos, and serve as exemplars against which two positive and four negative examples are compared. Significant features of their personalities and operational function are analyzed to determine what qualities assist in achieving success. Manuals from the Canadian Armed Forces provide perspective, insight, and supplemental information concerning military doctrine/ethos, ideal command characteristics, tactical acumen, and operational frameworks.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 5th century BCE Sparta, due to corruption within the dyarchy, the ephorate siphoned away the kings’ military powers and distributed them amongst a new class of commissioned generals. The narrative of two generals, Brasidas and Derkylidas, help to reconstruct Spartan command doctrine and ethos, and serve as exemplars against which two positive and four negative examples are compared. Significant features of their personalities and operational function are analyzed to determine what qualities assist in achieving success. Manuals from the Canadian Armed Forces provide perspective, insight, and supplemental information concerning military doctrine/ethos, ideal command characteristics, tactical acumen, and operational frameworks.en_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
dc.description.degreetypeThesisen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/32529
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectAncient Historyen_US
dc.subjectClassicsen_US
dc.subjectAncient Greek and Roman Studiesen_US
dc.subjectAncient Greeceen_US
dc.subjectGreek Historyen_US
dc.subjectHistoriographyen_US
dc.subjectGreek Historiographyen_US
dc.subjectMilitaryen_US
dc.subjectMilitary Historyen_US
dc.subjectMilitary Historiographyen_US
dc.subjectGreek Military Historyen_US
dc.subjectBrasidasen_US
dc.subjectDerkylidasen_US
dc.subjectDercyllidasen_US
dc.subjectKlearidasen_US
dc.subjectClearidasen_US
dc.subjectCheirisophosen_US
dc.subjectLysanderen_US
dc.subjectSphodriasen_US
dc.subjectThibronen_US
dc.subjectKlearchosen_US
dc.subjectClearchosen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Armed Forcesen_US
dc.subjectThucydidesen_US
dc.subjectXenophonen_US
dc.subjectAnabasisen_US
dc.subjectHellenikaen_US
dc.subjectHellenicaen_US
dc.subjectGreek Military Historiographyen_US
dc.titleBrasidas and Derkylidas: The Impact of Character and Command on Sparta in the Peloponnesian Waren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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