Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity.Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan historyApplies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to thequestion of what it was to be a SpartanTakes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewherePlaces Spartan society into its wider Greek context INDICE: List of illustrations viMap viiIntroduction 11 The Name, the Land,and the Sources 42 Sons of Heracles 203 Conquest, Crisis, and Consolidation 394 From Cleomenes to Pausanias 545 Helots and Perioeci 766 Governing Sparta 937 Leotychidas to Lysander 1158 Agesilaus and the Army 1359 From Archidamus IIIto Nabis 15910 From the Achaean League to the Roman Empire 181Bibliography 195Index 203
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-0785-6
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 09/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés