The Conspiracy of Cinadon was an attempted coup d'état which took place in Sparta in the 4th century BCE during the first years of the reign of Agesilaus II (398 BCE-358 BCE). The leader was Cinadon, who was a distinguished military officer, but came from a poor family. The Conspiracy aimed to break the power of the oligarchic Spartan state and its elite, and give rights to poorer Spartans, and even to helots. Although elaborately organized, the plot was in the end betrayed to the ephors; they cracked down on the conspirators, and Cinadon himself was tortured and executed.
Cinadon's conspiracy can be seen as a predecessor to many other radical movements of the ancient world, such as the Catiline Conspiracy in Rome, or even the slave revolt of Spartacus. From a Marxist viewpoint, Cinadon's attempted revolution is an early example of class struggle.
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