A Companion to Sparta

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