Everyone thinks they know who the Spartans were, and even today, we use their name in everyday language to signify toughness and determination. But far from the one-dimensional warriors made famous by Frank Miller and Zack Snyder’s 300, the Spartans were a complex and contradictory people with a rich culture. They fought for a kind of freedom, but also subjugated whole peoples to their will and even enslaved themselves to a harsh military culture. Yet their authoritarian traditions arguably saved the democratic roots of Western civilization when a small force of Spartans successfully delayed a massive Persian host at the crucial Battle of Thermopylae.
This groundbreaking history captures the Spartans in all their glorious contradictions. It shows how their warrior traditions allowed Sparta to rise in the First Messenian War and later triumph over Athens to become masters of the peninsula, retelling legendary battles such as Thermopylae, Plataea, and Tangara in thrilling detail. Yet it also reminds the reader that there was much more to this culture than its wars, examining Sparta’s poetry and festivals, its surprisingly egalitarian gender relations, and its unusual political structure. Lastly, Sparta: The Warrior State Revealed examines how this mighty culture was finally overcome and absorbed by its neighbors—and how its ideals have stayed with Western peoples ever since.
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This groundbreaking history captures the Spartans in all their glorious contradictions. It shows how their warrior traditions allowed Sparta to rise in the First Messenian War and later triumph over Athens to become masters of the peninsula, retelling legendary battles such as Thermopylae, Plataea, and Tangara in thrilling detail. Yet it also reminds the reader that there was much more to this culture than its wars, examining Sparta’s poetry and festivals, its surprisingly egalitarian gender relations, and its unusual political structure. Lastly, Sparta: The Warrior State Revealed examines how this mighty culture was finally overcome and absorbed by its neighbors—and how its ideals have stayed with Western peoples ever since.
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- Sparta’s mythical origins in the events of the Trojan War.
- Detailed retellings of the tactics and events of Sparta’s most crucial battles.
- The role of Sparta’s equally fierce women in shaping their culture.
- The exploits of legendary Spartan kings such as Leonidas, Pleistoanax, and Archidamus II.
- The full history of each of Sparta’s wars, including its failed war against Alexander the Great.
- How Sparta’s well-honed warrior culture was finally defeated by Thebes and absorbed by the Romans.
- An appreciation of Sparta’s legacy to the Western world.
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