Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities
Paul A. Cartledge, Antony Spawforth, "Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities, 2nd Edition"
ISBN: 0415262771 | 2001 | EPUB | 328 pages | 782 KB
In this revised edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of contemporary finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of the social, political, economic and cultural changes in the Spartan community. This attempts to challenge the conventional misperception of Spartan decline after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC.
The book's focus on a frequently overlooked period should make it important not only for those interested specifically in Sparta, but also for all those concerned with Hellenistic Greece, and with the life of Greece and other Greek-speaking provinces under non-Roman rule.