Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities

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Psychology Press, 2002 - History - 312 pages

In this new edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of recent finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of the social, political, economic and cultural changes in the Spartan community.
This original and compelling account is especially significant in challenging the conventional misperception of Spartan 'decline' after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC.
The book's focus on a frequently overlooked period makes it important not only for those interested specifically in Sparta, but also for all those concerned with Hellenistic Greece, and with the life of Greece and other Greek-speaking provinces under non-Roman rule.

 

Contents

II Roman Sparta
84
Appendix I The monuments of Roman Sparta
199
Appendix II Catalogues of magistrates
208
Appendix III Hereditary tendencies in the Curial Class
212
Appendix IV Foreign agōnistai at Sparta
214
Notes
217
Bibliographical appendix to the second edition
253
Bibliographical addenda to the second edition
258
Bibliography
262
Abbreviations
284
Index
285

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