Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has typically been viewed as an exc...

Ten new essays from a distinguished international cast treat Sparta's most famous area of activit...

In 1993 the world celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the birth of democracy in ancient Athens, ...

In the past twenty years the study of Sparta has come of age. Images prevalent earlier in the 20t...

Slaves have never been mere passive victims of slavery. Typically, they have responded with ingen...

The standard image of Sparta is of an egalitarian, military society which disdained material poss...

Climate change has shaped life in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Understandin...

Images of ancient Sparta have had a major impact on Western thought. From the Renaissance to the ...

The history of Sparta is increasingly seen as important, not only for its own sake but also for u...

In the past twenty years the study of Sparta has come of age. Images prevalent earlier in the 20t...

This is the 7th volume from the International Sparta Seminar, in the series begun in 1989 by Anto...

In the past twenty years the study of Sparta has come of age. Images prevalent earlier in the 20t...