A Companion to Sparta

The two-volume A Companion to Sparta presents the first comprehensive, multi-authored series of essays to address all aspects of Spartan history and society from its origins in the Greek Dark Ages to the late Roman Empire.

• Offers a lucid, comprehensive introduction to all aspects of Sparta, a community recognised by contemporary cities as the greatest power in classical Greece
• Features in-depth coverage of Sparta history and culture contributed by an international cast including almost every noted specialist and scholar in the field
• Provides over a dozen images of Spartan art that reveal the evolution of everyday life in Sparta
• Sheds new light on a modern controversy relating to changes in Spartan society from the Archaic to Classical periods

Avainsanat: Sparta; ancient Sparta; Spartan; Spartan life; classic Greek; ancient Greece; classical Greece; archaic Greece; Spartan history; Greek history; Spartan military; Spartan culture; Spartan society; Spartan senate; guide to Sparta; Spartan history; ancient Rome; Roman history; Greek Dark Ages; Sparta and the Roman Empire; 300; Sparta in the Roman Period; warrior societies; Spartan warriors; ancient history; Spartan archaeology; Spartan myths; Spartan arts; Spartan women; Spartan studies; Anton Powell; A Companion to Sparta