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Sparta and War

Stephen Hodkinson,Anton Powell
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Author : Stephen Hodkinson,Anton Powell
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781910589540

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Ten new essays from a distinguished international cast treat Sparta's most famous area of activity. The results are challenging. Among the contributors, Thomas Figueira explores the paradox that Sparta's cavalry was an undistinguished institution. Jean Ducat conducts the most thorough study to date of Sparta's 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 a?mirage. 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.

Ancient Sparta

K. M. T. Chrimes,Kathleen Mary Tyrer Chrimes Atkinson
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Author : K. M. T. Chrimes,Kathleen Mary Tyrer Chrimes Atkinson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 0719057418

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This substantial study examines Hellenistic and Roman Sparta, based on epigraphical evidence, before tracing Sparta's constitutiona and social organisation back to its remote past.

Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens

Aristotle
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Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0521484006

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Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens by Aristotle Pdf

An extended and revised edition of one of the best-selling Cambridge Texts.

The Spartan Army

J. F. Lazenby
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Author : J. F. Lazenby
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811710848

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For at least two centuries the Spartan army was the most formidable war machine in Greece; the purpose of this book is to show the reasons for this. Professor Lazenby looks first at the composition, training and organization of the army, tracing its roots back to the eighth century BC. The second part analyses some of the main campaigns - Thermopylae, Plataea, Sphakteria, Mantineia, The Nemea, Koroneia, Lechaion and Leuktra. The final part continues the story to the end of Greek independence. Since this book was first written over 25 years ago, novels, computer games and films such as 300 have raised interest in the Spartan military to new heights. The return to print of this excellent study is sure to interest academics and more general readers alike.

A Historical Commentary on Diodorus Siculus, Book 15

P. J. Stylianou
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Author : P. J. Stylianou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0198152396

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A Historical Commentary on Diodorus Siculus, Book 15 by P. J. Stylianou Pdf

For long stretches of Greek history in the classical period, Diodorus Siculus provides the only surviving continuous narrative of events. This study, the fullest ever undertaken of Diodorus, examines his aims, sources, and methods in detail. The findings of this investigation are then applied in commenting on Book 15, which deals with the crucial years between the King's Peace, concluded in 387/6 BC, and the aftermath of the battle of Mantinea fought in 362 BC.

Xenophon on Government

Xenophon
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Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521581547

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Xenophon on Government by Xenophon Pdf

Xenophon of Athens was a pupil of Socrates and a philosopher in his own right. He wrote two of the texts included in this volume, the Hiero (On Tyranny) and the Constitution of the Spartans. The third, the Constitution of the Athenians, is found under Xenophon's name alongside the other two in the manuscripts. The works represent three distinct types of government (the rule of one man in tyranny and kingship, the rule of law in the mixed constitution of the Spartans, and the rule of the masses in the Athenian democracy), but there are common features throughout. This volume presents an introduction discussing Xenophon's views on government in the context of his general political thought, drawing particularly on his Socratic work Memorabilia, and a commentary on the Greek text of each work aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

After the Past

Willem Jongman,Marc Kleijwegt
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Author : Willem Jongman,Marc Kleijwegt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004350915

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After the Past by Willem Jongman,Marc Kleijwegt Pdf

What was funny about ancient jokes, and why? Why did the Roman state legislate to curb the behaviour of its obscenely rich and powerful elite, if it never really expected such laws to be obeyed? Why did it oppress the poor, and lavish public child support on them? These are important questions, but ancient Greeks and Romans could never have thought of them. They never questioned the right of the rich to be rich. They could not improve their understanding of Homeric gift-giving with the experience of ritualized friendship among the Trobriand islanders. Such questions and such answers can only come from those who live after the ancient past. This volume honours the well-known Dutch epigraphist and ancient historian H.W. Pleket. Ten substantial essays reflect his wide range, from early Greece to the Roman Empire, and his taste for comparative economic and social history.

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

Paul Cartledge,Paul Christesen
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Author : Paul Cartledge,Paul Christesen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199383597

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The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World offers twenty-one detailed studies of key sites from across the Greek world between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE--a crucial period when much of what is now seen as distinctive about Greek culture emerged. All the studies in this seven-volume series use the same structure and methodology so that readers can easily compare a wide range of Greek communities. The series thus offers a new and unique resource for the study of ancient Greece that will transform how we study and think about a crucial era in ancient Greek history.

The Horsemen of Athens

Glenn Richard Bugh
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Author : Glenn Richard Bugh
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781400859757

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Glenn Bugh provides a comprehensive discussion of a subject that has not been treated in full since the last century: the history of the Athenian cavalry. Integrated into a narrative history of the cavalry from the Archaic period through the Hellenistic age is a detailed analysis of a military and social organization the members of which came predominantly from the upper classes of Athens. Bugh demonstrates that this organization was not merely a military institution but an aristocratic social class with political expectations and fluctuating loyalties to the Athenian democracy. The last major work devoted exclusively to the subject appeared in French in 1886 and predated the publication of Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians, which provides valuable information not only on the administration of the Athenian cavalry but also on the democracy that financed it. Furthermore, since the 1930s the American excavations of the Athenian marketplace and the German excavations of the ancient cemetery have yielded unparalleled epigraphical evidence pertaining to the Athenian cavalry, particularly in the areas of personnel and administration. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

A Companion to Sparta

Anton Powell
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Author : Anton Powell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119072386

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The two-volume A Companion to Sparta presents the first comprehensive, multi-authored series of essays to address all aspects of Spartan history and society from its origins in the Greek Dark Ages to the late Roman Empire. Offers a lucid, comprehensive introduction to all aspects of Sparta, a community recognised by contemporary cities as the greatest power in classical Greece Features in-depth coverage of Sparta history and culture contributed by an international cast including almost every noted specialist and scholar in the field Provides over a dozen images of Spartan art that reveal the evolution of everyday life in Sparta Sheds new light on a modern controversy relating to changes in Spartan society from the Archaic to Classical periods

Sparta At War

Scott M. Rusch
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Author : Scott M. Rusch
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783830480

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The story of this military powerhouse of ancient Greece, and its nearly two centuries of battlefield triumphs. During the eighth century BC, Sparta became one of the leading cities of ancient Greece, conquering the southern Peloponnese, and from the mid-sixth century BC until the mid-fourth, Sparta became a military power of recognized importance. For almost two centuries the massed Spartan army remained unbeaten in the field. Spartan officers also commanded with great success armies of mercenaries or coalition allies, as well as fleets of war galleys. Although it is the stand of the Three Hundred at Thermopylae that has earned Sparta undying fame, it was her victories over both Persian invaders and the armies and navies of Greek rivals that upheld her position of leadership in Greece. Even a steady decline in Spartiate numbers, aggravated by a terrible earthquake in 464 BC, failed to end Spartan dominance. Only when the Thebans learned how to defeat the massed Spartan army in pitched battle was Sparta toppled from her position of primacy. In this volume, Scott Rusch examines what is known of the history of Sparta, from the settlement of the city to her defeat at Theban hands, focusing upon military campaigns and the strategic circumstances that drove them. Rusch offers fresh perspectives on important questions of Spartan history, and illuminates some of antiquity’s most notable campaigns.

Army and Power in the Ancient World

Άγγελος Χανιώτης
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Author : Άγγελος Χανιώτης
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 3515081976

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Army and Power in the Ancient World by Άγγελος Χανιώτης Pdf

Papers from a round table held Aug. 9, 2000, in Oslo.

Information Gathering in Classical Greece

Frank Santi Russell
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Author : Frank Santi Russell
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0472110640

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Information Gathering in Classical Greece by Frank Santi Russell Pdf

"Information Gathering in Classical Greece opens with chapters on tactical, strategic, and covert agents. Methods of communication are explored, from fire-signals to dead-letter drops. Frank Russell categorizes and defines the collectors and sources of information according to their era, methods, and spheres of operation, and he also provides evidence from ancient authors on interrogation and the handling and weighing of information. Counterintelligence is also explored, together with disinformation through "leaks" and agents. The author concludes this fascinating study with observations on the role that intelligence-gathering has in the kind of democratic society for which Greece has always been famous"--Publisher description.

Spartans

Nigel M. Kennell
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Author : Nigel M. Kennell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444360530

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Spartans by Nigel M. Kennell Pdf

Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity. Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan history Applies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a Spartan Takes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewhere Places Spartan society into its wider Greek context

The Spartan Way

Nic Fields
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Author : Nic Fields
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783830497

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For a period of some 200 years, Sparta was acknowledged throughout the Greek world as the home of the finest soldiers. Xenophon called them 'the only true craftsmen in matters of war'. Nic Fields explains the reasons for this superiority, how their reputation for invincibility was earned (and deliberately manipulated) and how it was ultimately shattered. The Spartan Way examines how Spartan society, through its rigid laws and brutal educational system, was thoroughly militarized and devoted to producing warriors suited to the intense demands of hoplite warfare - professional killers inculcated with the values of unwavering obedience and a willingness to fight and die for their city. The role of Spartan women, as mothers and wives, in shaping the warrior ethic is considered, as are the role of uniform and rigorous training in enhancing the small-unit cohesion within the phalanx , and the psychological intimidation of the enemy. The final chapters chart the course of Sparta's successes through the period of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, through the Corinthian and Theban wars of the fourth century BC, which culminated with the shattering military defeats at Leuctra and 2nd Mantinea, and the years of her decline with the Spartans as a source of mercenaries for the wars of other states.