Spartans

A New History

Nigel M. Kennell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2009
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-2999-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Spartans: A New History chronicles the rise and fall of ancient Sparta, from its Bronze Age origins to the powerful Greek city–state′s demise in Late Antiquity.

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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

Autor

Nigel M. Kennell is an Instructor at the International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies in Athens, Greece. He has published numerous articles on Spartan history and Greek civic institutions – especially the gymnasium – in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Inhalt

List of illustrations vi Map vii

Introduction 1

1 The Name, the Land, and the Sources 4

2 Sons of Heracles 20

3 Conquest, Crisis, and Consolidation 39

4 From Cleomenes to Pausanias 54

5 Helots and Perioeci 76

6 Governing Sparta 93

7 Leotychidas to Lysander 115

8 Agesilaus and the Army 135

9 From Archidamus III to Nabis 159

10 From the Achaean League to the Roman Empire 181

Bibliography 195

Index 203

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.8.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Ancient Cultures
• Verlagsort: Hoboken
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 158 x 231 mm
• Gewicht: 476 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4051-2999-9 / 1405129999
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2999-2 / 9781405129992
• Zustand: Neuware