Ebook: Spartans: a new history

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 history. Applies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a Spartan. Takes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewhere. Places Spartan society into its wider Greek context.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; List of illustrations; Map; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Name, the Land, and the Sources; Chapter 2: Sons of Heracles; Chapter 3: Conquest, Crisis, and Consolidation; Chapter 4: From Cleomenes to Pausanias; Chapter 5: Helots and Perioeci; Chapter 6: Governing Sparta; Chapter 7: Leotychidas to Lysander; Chapter 8: Agesilaus and the Army; Chapter 9: From Archidamus III to Nabis; Chapter 10: From the Achaean League to the Roman Empire; Bibliography; Index.