The Spartan Army PDF
309 Pages·2012·9.87 MB·English
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Contents Preface Sources, Select Bibliography and Abbreviations Part I: Preparation Chapter 1: The Age of Xenophon Chapter 2: The Fifth Century Chapter 3: Origins Part II: Battle Chapter 4: Thermopylai Chapter 5: Plataea Chapter 6: Sphakteria Chapter 7: Mantineia Chapter 8: The Nemea, Koroneia and Lechaion Chapter 9: Leuktra Part III: Epilogue Chapter 10: After Leuktra Notes Glossary of Greek Terms To my friend and colleague of many years Dick Hope Simpson with whom, while ostensibly looking for Mycenaean sites, I contrived to visit most of the battlefields of Greece. Map 1. Ancient Sparta. Map 2. Thermopylai. Map 3. Plataea.
Description:For at least two centuries the Spartan army was the most formidable war machine in Greece; the purpose of this book is to show the reasons for this. Professor Lazenby looks first at the composition, training and organization of the army, tracing its roots back to the eighth century BC. The second pa
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