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The Spartans - An Epic History (Paperback, Unabridged edition)
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The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent
generations with evidence of its legacy found in both the Roman and
British Empires. The Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much
as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted democracy,
individualism, culture and society, their great rivals Sparta
embodied militarism, totalitarianism, segregation and brutal
repression. As ruthless as they were self-sacrificing, their
devastatingly successful war rituals made the Spartans the ultimate
fighting force, epitomized by Thermopylae. While slave masters to
the Helots for over three centuries, Spartan women, such as Helen
of Troy, were free to indulge in education, dance and sport.
Interspersed with the personal biographies of leading figures, and
based on thirty years' research, Paul Cartledge's The Spartans
tracks the people from 480 to 360 BC charting Sparta's progression
from the Great Power of the Aegean Greek world to its ultimate
demise.
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