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Sparta and Lakonia

Sparta and Lakonia

A Regional History 1300-362 BC

by Paul Cartledge
Paperback
Publication Date: 22/11/2001
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Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta. The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the territory of Lakonia which it unified and exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological and environmental perspectives, its coverage extends from the apogee of Mycenaean culture, to Sparta's crucial defeat at the battle of Mantinea in 362 BC. One of the major themes examined is the relationship between the Spartans, the Perioikoi (the free but politically disenfranchised) and the Helots (unfree peoples). Cartledge demonstrates convincingly that the system of land-tenure based on the exploitation of the helots carried within it the seeds both of Spartan grandeur, and of Spartan decadence.
ISBN:
9780415262767
9780415262767
Category:
Classical history / classical civilisation
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
22-11-2001
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
372
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x19mm
Weight:
0.54kg
Paul Cartledge

Paul Cartledge is Professor of Greek History, the AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.

He also holds a visiting Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University. Cartledge is a world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age and was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks and the Channel 4 series The Spartans.

His most recent books include Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice (2009) and Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities (2009). He is also honorary citizen of (modern) Sparta.

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