Hellenistic and Roman Sparta,9780415263566

Hellenistic and Roman Sparta

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780415263566
ISBN10: 0415263565
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-12-07
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations. 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.

Table of Contents

List of figures
ix
Preface xi
Preface to the second edition xiii
Notes on the spelling of Greek words and on dates xiv
PART I INTRODUCTION
Boundaries
3(8)
The physical setting
11(10)
Climate
21(5)
The Stone and Bronze Ages to c. 1300
26(17)
PART II PRECLASSICAL LAKONIA c. 1300-500BC
Greek oral tradition as history
43(9)
The last Mycenaeans c. 1300-1050
52(13)
The first Dorians c. 1050-775
65(23)
The Lakonian renascence c. 775-650
88(25)
The consolidation of Lakonia c. 650-490
113(25)
Helots and Perioikoi
138(33)
PART III CLASSICAL LAKONIA c. 500-362 BC
The crisis of Lakonia 490-460
171(21)
The Athenian wars c. 460-404
192(36)
The reduction of Lakonia 404-362
228(35)
PART IV RESULTS AND PROSPECTS
The decline of Spartiate manpower
263(10)
Epilogue
273(5)
Appendix 1 Gazetteer of sites in Lakonia and Messenia 278(10)
Appendix 2 The Homeric poems as history 288(5)
Appendix 3 The Spartan king-lists 293(6)
Appendix 4 The Helots: some ancient sources in translation 299(9)
Appendix 5 The sanctuary of (Artemis) Orthia 308(5)
Abbreviations 313(25)
Bibliographical appendix to the second edition
315(3)
Bibliographical addenda to the second edition
318(5)
Bibliography
323(15)
Index
338

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