Spartans A New History

Kennell Nigel M.
Annet format / 2012 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781444307856
Publisert
2012-05-08
Utgiver
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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Vekt
490 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Annet format
Antall sider
232

Forfatter
Kennell Nigel M.

Biographical note

Nigel M. Kennell is an Instructor at the International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies in Athens, Greece. He has published numerous articles on Spartan history and Greek civic institutions - especially the gymnasium - in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Spartans A New History

Kennell Nigel M.
Annet format / 2012 / Engelsk
Kennell Nigel M.
Annet format / 2012 / Engelsk
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"For those of us not experts in Sparta this is a useful and informative, but occasionally demanding, read." (Bryn Mawr, August 2010) "This is a book that one may with confidence ... place in the hands of anglophone undergraduate students." (Anglo-Hellenic Review, Spring 2010)

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
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Spartans: A New History chronicles the rise and fall of ancient Sparta, from its Bronze Age origins to the powerful Greek city-state's demise in Late Antiquity.
List of illustrations vi Map vii Introduction 1 1 The Name, the Land, and the Sources 4 2 Sons of Heracles 20 3 Conquest, Crisis, and Consolidation 39 4 From Cleomenes to Pausanias 54 5 Helots and Perioeci 76 6 Governing Sparta 93 7 Leotychidas to Lysander 115 8 Agesilaus and the Army 135 9 From Archidamus III to Nabis 159 10 From the Achaean League to the Roman Empire 181 Bibliography 195 Index 203
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"For those of us not experts in Sparta this is a useful and informative, but occasionally demanding, read." (Bryn Mawr, August 2010) "This is a book that one may with confidence ... place in the hands of anglophone undergraduate students." (Anglo-Hellenic Review, Spring 2010)

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
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Spartans: A New History chronicles the rise and fall of ancient Sparta, from its Bronze Age origins to the powerful Greek city-state's demise in Late Antiquity.
List of illustrations vi Map vii Introduction 1 1 The Name, the Land, and the Sources 4 2 Sons of Heracles 20 3 Conquest, Crisis, and Consolidation 39 4 From Cleomenes to Pausanias 54 5 Helots and Perioeci 76 6 Governing Sparta 93 7 Leotychidas to Lysander 115 8 Agesilaus and the Army 135 9 From Archidamus III to Nabis 159 10 From the Achaean League to the Roman Empire 181 Bibliography 195 Index 203
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781444307856
Publisert
2012-05-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Vekt
490 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Annet format
Antall sider
232

Forfatter
Kennell Nigel M.

Biographical note

Nigel M. Kennell is an Instructor at the International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies in Athens, Greece. He has published numerous articles on Spartan history and Greek civic institutions - especially the gymnasium - in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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