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1.Spartantreatiesofthearchaicperiod:ananalysisofthesources
thatthispairofformulashadconstitutedthecoreofSpartanalliancetreatiesfrom
theverybeginning.In1974WilhelmPeekpublishedastele,whichhehaddis-
coverednineyearsearlieratthemuseumofSparta,bearingthetextofatreaty
concludedbytheSpartanswiththeAitoloiinobscurecircumstances.
2
Basedon
hisanalysisofthescript,theeditordatedthetextto500-470BCEor,inanycase,
notlaterthanthemid-fifhcentury.
[PhotobelowistakenfromPeek(1974)Tafel1,Abb.1]
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Peek(1974)=SEG26.461,seealso28.408and32.398.Forthesakeofconvenience,
IshallrefertothewholedocumentusingthetraditionalappellationCtheSpartan-Aitoliantreaty)
inspiteofitslackofprecision,onwhichseebelow,pp.35-40.Forthemoment,Ishallusethe
termAitoloitodescribeSpartancounterpartyinthistreaty,beforetryingtoanswerthequestion
whethertheywereAitolians(=habitantsofAitolia)ornotandwhetherwehavetodowithone
treatyormore.