Sparta and War
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Description
This title includes ten new essays from a distinguished international cast that treat Spartas most famous area of activity. The results are challenging. Among the contributors, Thomas Figueira explores the paradox that Spartas cavalry was an undistinguished institution. Jean Ducat conducts the most thorough study to date of Spartas official cowards, the tremblers. Anton Powell asks why Sparta chose not to destroy Athens after the Peloponnesian War. And Stephen Hodkinson argues that the image of Spartan society as militaristic may after all be aamirage. This is the sixth volume from the International Sparta Seminar, founded by Powell and Hodkinson in 1988. The series has established itself as the main forum for the study of Spartan history.
Table of Contents
1. The Spartan 'Tremblers' - Jean Ducat Translated by P.J. Shaw
2. The Spartan Hippeis - Thomas J. Figueira
3. Commemorating the Spartan War-Dead - Polly Low
4. Was Classical Sparta a Military Society? - Stephen Hodkinson
5. The Lacedaemonian State: Fortifications, Frontiers and Historical Problems - Jacqueline Christien Translated by Anton Powell
6. Amompharetos, the Lochos of Pitane and the Spartan System of Villages - Marcello Lupi
7. Why the Spartans Fight So Well… Even in Disorder?: Xenophon's View - Noreen Humble
8. The Politics of Spartan Mercenary Service - Ellen Millender
9. Spartans and the Use of Treachery Among Their Enemies - Françoise Ruzé
10. Why Did Sparta Not Destroy Athens in 404, or 403 BC? - Anton Powell
Index
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2006 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 300 |
| ISBN | 9781905125111 |
| Imprint | Classical Press of Wales |
| Illustrations | b/w illus, maps |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Sparta and its Influence |
| Publisher | The Classical Press of Wales |
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