Sparta Rise of a Warrior Nation 1st Edition by Philip Matyszak ISBN 9781473874640 1473874645

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ISBN 10:  1473874645

ISBN 13: 9781473874640 

Author: Philip Matyszak 

 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.

Table of contents:

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

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