Spartans
A New History
Ancient Cultures
1. Edition August 2009
226 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-3000-4
John Wiley & Sons
Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity.
* Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan history
* Applies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a Spartan
* Takes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewhere
* Places Spartan society into its wider Greek context
Introduction.
Chapter 1: The Name, the Land, and the Sources.
Chapter 2: Sons of Heracles.
Chapter 3: Conquest, Crisis and Consolidation.
Chapter 4: From Cleomenes to Pausanias.
Chapter 5: Helots and Perioeci.
Chapter 6: Governing Sparta.
Chapter 7: Leotychidas to Lysander.
Chapter 8: Agesilaus and the Army.
Chapter 9: From Archidamus III to Nabis.
Chapter 10: From the Achaean League to the Roman Empire.
Bibliography.
Chapter 1: The Name, the Land, and the Sources.
Chapter 2: Sons of Heracles.
Chapter 3: Conquest, Crisis and Consolidation.
Chapter 4: From Cleomenes to Pausanias.
Chapter 5: Helots and Perioeci.
Chapter 6: Governing Sparta.
Chapter 7: Leotychidas to Lysander.
Chapter 8: Agesilaus and the Army.
Chapter 9: From Archidamus III to Nabis.
Chapter 10: From the Achaean League to the Roman Empire.
Bibliography.
"For those of us not experts in Sparta this is a useful and informative, but occasionally demanding, read." (Bryn Mawr, August 2010)
"This is a book that one may with confidence ... place in the hands of anglophone undergraduate students." (Anglo-Hellenic Review, Spring 2010)
"Kennell displays admirable historical judgment, aided by a first-hand knowledge of Spartan landscapes and archaeology. His presentation of Spartan history is wide-ranging and his conclusions are informed by the very latest scholarly thinking."
--Graham Shipley, University of Leicester
"Nigel Kennell provides an expert overview of Spartan history from the Archaic to the Roman periods. Spartans: A New History will be an essential tool for all serious students and teachers of ancient history."
--Ellen Millender, Reed College
"This is a book that one may with confidence ... place in the hands of anglophone undergraduate students." (Anglo-Hellenic Review, Spring 2010)
"Kennell displays admirable historical judgment, aided by a first-hand knowledge of Spartan landscapes and archaeology. His presentation of Spartan history is wide-ranging and his conclusions are informed by the very latest scholarly thinking."
--Graham Shipley, University of Leicester
"Nigel Kennell provides an expert overview of Spartan history from the Archaic to the Roman periods. Spartans: A New History will be an essential tool for all serious students and teachers of ancient history."
--Ellen Millender, Reed College
Nigel M. Kennell is an Instructor at the International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies in Athens, Greece. He is the author of The Gymnasium of Virtue (1995), and has published numerous articles on Spartan history and Greek civic institutions - especially the gymnasium - in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
