Sparta and War (Sparta and its Influence)

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ISBN 10: 1905125119 / ISBN 13: 9781905125111

Editore: Classical Press of Wales -, 2006

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Includes essays from a distinguished international cast that treat Spartas most famous area of activity. This title explores the paradox that Sparta's cavalry was an undistinguished institution.

Informazioni sugli autori: Stephen Hodkinson is an internationally recognised authority on Sparta and the founder of the University of Nottingham's Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies. Author of numerous influential studies on Greek history, his Property and Wealth in Classical Sparta (2000) is the leading work in its field. He has been made an Honorary Citizen of modern Sparta for his contributions to the global understanding of Spartan history. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nottingham.

Anton Powell was the Late Director of Classical Press of Wales, UK. He has published extensively on the history of Sparta, Athens - and the literature of the Roman Revolution. He was the author of an introduction to source-criticism in Greek history, Athens and Sparta (3rd edition 2016), the editor of Companion to Sparta (2 volumes, 2018), and co-editor (with Nicolas Richer) of Xenophon and Sparta (2020). His monograph Virgil the Partisan (2008) was awarded the prize of the American Vergilian Society for 'the book that makes the greatest contribution toward our understanding and appreciation of Vergil'. He has twice been Invited Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, in 2006 for Greek history and in 2008 for Latin literature.

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Titolo: Sparta and War (Sparta and its Influence)
Casa editrice: Classical Press of Wales -
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: hardcover
Condizione: Very Good