Ephesus serves in 396 BCE as the…
396 BCE
Ephesus serves in 396 BCE as the headquarters of Agesilaus, who directs from Anatolia Sparta's campaign against the Persians, who in 397 BCE had begun to build a new fleet to deal with the menace of a Spartan army in Asia. (It may be a further irritant that Sparta is helping another anti-Persian rebel in Egypt; this threatens a serious economic loss to the Persian landowners who have been exploiting it at a distance.)
Agesilaus makes a three months' truce with the Persians; during this interim, he manages to shake off Lysander's control over him.
Agesilaus then raids Phrygia and …