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This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries.

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Academics and students alike will welcome this addition to the useful Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World series ! as an introductory reader for the advanced study of Sparta, it is difficult to see how [the] book could be bettered. Academics and students alike will welcome this addition to the useful Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World series ! as an introductory reader for the advanced study of Sparta, it is difficult to see how [the] book could be bettered.

Sparta

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 25 October 2001
      ISBN-13 9780748612932
      978-0748612932
      ISBN-10 0748612939

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries.

      Trade Review
      Academics and students alike will welcome this addition to the useful Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World series ! as an introductory reader for the advanced study of Sparta, it is difficult to see how [the] book could be bettered. Academics and students alike will welcome this addition to the useful Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World series ! as an introductory reader for the advanced study of Sparta, it is difficult to see how [the] book could be bettered.

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