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Sparta :

(Number (ISBN

1473874653

(Number (ISBN

1473874661

(Number (ISBN

9781473874657

(Number (ISBN

9781473874664

Erroneous ISBN

1473874645

Erroneous ISBN

9781473874640

Title Proper

Sparta :

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[Book]

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rise of a warrior nation /

First Statement of Responsibility

Philip Matyszak.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

South Yorkshire :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pen & Sword Military,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017.

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©2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (160 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references.

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Title; Copyright; Contents; Glossary; Maps; Chapter 1 This is Sparta; Chapter 2 Becoming Sparta; Chapter 3 The First Messenian War; Chapter 4 Lycurgus; Chapter 5 The Second Messenian War; Chapter 6 The Making of a Spartan Warrior; Chapter 7 Domination of the Peloponnese; Chapter 8 Cleomenes I -- Sparta's 'Mad' King; Chapter 9 The Spartan Army; Chapter 10 The Road to Marathon; Chapter 11 Thermopylae: Their Finest Hour; Chapter 12 Apogee; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Plate section.

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Their contemporaries were fascinated by the Spartans and we still are. They are portrayed as the stereotypical macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless and impervious to discomfort and pain. What makes the study of Sparta so interesting is that to a large extent the Spartans lived up to this image. Ancient Sparta, however, was a city of contrasts. We might admire their physical toughness and heroism in adversity but Spartans also systematically abused their children. They gave rights to citizen women that were unmatched in Europe until the modern era, meanwhile subjecting their conquered subject peoples to a murderous reign of terror. Though idealized by the Athenian contemporaries of Socrates Sparta was almost devoid of intellectual achievement. Philip Matyszak explores two themes: how Sparta came to be the unique society it was, and the rise of the city from a Peloponnesian village to the military superpower of Greece. But above all, his focus is on the Spartan hoplite, the archetypal Greek warrior who was respected and feared throughout Greece in his own day, and who has since become a legend. The reader is shown the man behind the myth; who he was, who he thought he was, and the environment which produced him.

Title

Sparta : Rise of a Warrior Nation.

International Standard Book Number

9781473874640

Civilization.

HISTORY-- Ancient-- Greece.

Sparta (Extinct city), Civilization.

Sparta (Extinct city), History, Military.

Sparta (Extinct city), History.

Greece, Sparta (Extinct city)

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Matyszak, Philip

Date of Transaction

20200823030455.0

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