ASIN: B01DTRYGXC
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 110
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts describing the Spartan military*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The only men in the world with whom war brought a respite from training for war.” – Plutarch’s description of Spartan warriors “The walls of Sparta were its young men, and its borders the points of their spears.” – attributed to King AgesilaosThere have been no shortage of great warrior societies in history, including the Romans, Mongols, Macedonians, and Vikings, the list goes on. Yet one humble city in particular, nestled in a valley near the Eurotas river in the Greek region of the Peloponnese and once ridiculed as little more than a cluster of villages inhabited by uncouth shepherds, produced the most famous warrior elite the world has ever known. The most unique city-state in Ancient Greece was Sparta, which ...
