Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-294) and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. "Go, tell the Spartans" -- 1. Under the sign of Lycurgus -- 2. Sparta in 500 BC -- 3. The Persian Wars, 490-479 BC -- pt. 2. The Spartan myth -- 4. "50-year period", 478-432 BC -- 5. Women and religion -- 6. The Athenian War, 432-404 BC -- pt. 3. A crippled kingship -- 7. The Spartan Empire, 404-371 BC -- 8. Fall and decline, 371-331 BC -- 9. Revival and reinvention 331 BC-AD 14 -- 10. The legacy : Leonidas lives. |
Subject |
Sparta (Extinct city) -- History.
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ISBN |
1585674028 |
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