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. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 815 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. . . 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: A Companion to Sparta, 2 Volume Set
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication Date: 2017
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1405188693
ISBN 13: 9781405188692
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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

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Anton Powell is Director of the Classical Press of Wales, and an internationally recognized authority on Sparta, Athens, and the Roman Revolution. He founded the International Sparta Seminar, and co-edited a succession of collective volumes which have contributed to the revival and reshaping of Spartan studies. Powell is the author of Athens and Sparta, Third Edition, and editor of Classical Sparta, Sparta at War, and Sparta: The Body Politic, among others.

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