Sparta and Lakonia
A Regional History 1300-362 BC
Price: $130.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-26356-6
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 22nd November 2001
- Pages: 376
- Illustrations: 19 line drawings
About the Book
Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta.The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the territory of Lakonia which it unified and exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological and environmental perspectives, its coverage extends from the apogee of Mycenaean culture, to Sparta's crucial defeat at the battle of Mantinea in 362 BC.
Reviews
'The most useful history of Sparta to the end of the classical period.' - JACT Review
'An important book on Sparta - the best so far, in many ways ... There are really two books here, one an exceptionally densely documented archaeological book the other a vigorous social and political history of classical Sparta.' - Simon Hornblower, Times Higher Education Supplement
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