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How did Cleomenes III first distinguish himself on the battlefield?

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... the ephors authorized Cleomenes to defend the frontiers of Sparta. Not content with defense, he took the offensive with 5,000 men and in 228 forced an Achaean army of 20,000 to withdraw ...

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