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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456006603321

Autore

Cartledge Paul

Titolo

Hellenistic and Roman Sparta : a tale of two cities / / Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2002, c1989

ISBN

0-203-48218-2

1-134-50390-3

1-280-54369-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SpawforthAntony

Disciplina

938.9

Soggetti

Lakonia (Greece) - History

Sparta (Extinct city) - History

Sparta (Extinct city)-- History

Electronic books.

Sparta (Ancient city) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1989."

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Maps; In the shadow of empire: Mantinea to Chaeronea; Resistance to Macedon: the revolt of Agis III; The new Hellenism of Areus I; Reform; or revolution? Agis IV and Cleomenes III; Sparta between Achaea and Rome: the rule of Nabis; Sparta from Achaea to Rome (188  146 BC); Sparta between sympolity and municipality; Sparta in the Greek renaissance; Pagans and Christians: Sparta in late antiquity; The Roman city and its territory; Local government I: machinery and functions; Local government II: the social and economic base

High culture and agonistic festivalsThe image of tradition; Epilogue: Sparta from late antiquity to the Middle Ages; APPENDICES; Catalogues of magistrates; Hereditary tendencies in the Curial Class; Foreign agnistai at Sparta; Notes; Bibliographical appendix; Bibliographicals addenda to the second edition; Bibliography; Abbreviations; General index

Sommario/riassunto

In this new edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of recent finds and scholarship to revise and update their



authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of the social, political, economic and cultural changes in the Spartan community.This original and compelling account is especially significant in challenging the conventional misperception of Spartan 'decline' after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC. The book's focus on a frequently overlooked period makes it important not only for those interested specifically in S