Sparta The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower, 2026 Edition

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Sparta The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower, 2026 Edition | 19.36 MB

Title: Sparta
Author: Andrew Bayliss
Language: English | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1800816014


Description:
A major new history of ancient Greece's most iconic city-state.
For thousands of years, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has been famed as the ultimate warrior society. The flowing crimson capes and bronze shields of Spartan warriors remain the enduring image of masculine bravery, austerity, and toughness; King Leonidas's 300 soldiers at Thermopylae the quintessential example of courageous self-sacrifice in battle. But who were the Spartans, really-and how did they rise from a humble village in the Peloponnese to become the dominant military power of ancient Greece? In this landmark new history, renowned Sparta expert Andrew Bayliss delivers a strikingly clarifying, relentlessly complex portrait of a culture and people long shrouded in myth.
Sifting masterfully through historical records and modern archaeological evidence, Bayliss traces the shifting alliances and volatile conflicts Spartans faced during the city-state's evolution from...

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