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The Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC (Paperback)
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The Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC (Paperback)
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Sparta was a small city which consistently punched above its weight
in the affairs of classical Greece, happily meddling in the affairs
of the other cities. For two centuries her warriors were
acknowledged as second to none. Yet at only one period in its long
history, in the late fourth and early third century BC, did the
home of these grim warriors seem set to entrench itself as the
dominant power in the Greek world. This period includes the latter
stages of the Peloponnesian War from 412 BC to the Spartan victory
in 402, and then down to the Spartan defeat by the Thebans at
Leuctra in 371 BC, where it all began to unravel for the Spartan
Empire Surprisingly few previous books have covered the tumultuous
first decades of the fourth century BC, particularly when compared
to the ample coverage of the Peloponnesian War. As the authors
explain, although the earlier period has the benefit of Thucydides'
magisterial history, the period covered here is actually well
served by sources and well worthy of study. There are many
interesting characters here, including Alcibiades, Lysander,
Agesilaus, Pelopidas and Epaminondas, to name but a few. In
addition there are several campaigns and battles that are reported
in enough detail to make them interesting and comprehensible to the
reader. Bob Bennett and Mike Roberts untangle the complexities of
this important but unduly neglected period for the modern reader.
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