pelponnesus

Updated: August 24, 2026

The country called Messenia in the map became a portion of Laconia, which thus extended across the south of Pelponnesus from the eastern to the western sea. Sparta was the only state in Greece which continued to retain the kingly form of government during the brilliant period of Grecian history.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest