Sparta
- Sparta
- Academics and students alike will welcome this addition to the useful Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World series ! as an introductory reader for the advanced study of Sparta, it is difficult to see how [the] book could be bettered.
- Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC
- 'The most useful history of Sparta to the end of the classical period.' - JACT Review 'An important book on Sparta - the best so far, in many ways . There are really two books here, one an exceptionally densely documented archaeological book the other a vigorous social and political history of classical Sparta.
- Spartans
- Legendary for their ferocious combat skills, the Spartans built a warrior culture in ancient Greece unsurpassed for its courage and military prowess. Eminent historian Cartledge (Spartan Reflections) provides a remarkable chronicle of Sparta's rise and fall, from its likely origins around 1100 B.
- Sparta
- Academics and students alike will welcome this addition to the useful Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World series ! as an introductory reader for the advanced study of Sparta, it is difficult to see how [the] book could be bettered.
- On Sparta (Penguin Classics)
- Plutarch (c. 50c. 120 AD) was a writer and philosopher born in central Greece. Richard J. A Talbert is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Christopher Pelling is professor of classics at Oxford University and a fellow of Christ Church.
- Pagan Holiday: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists
- Just when it seemed certain that travel writers had exhausted the pantheon of destinations, Perrottet offers a fresh perspective by taking the road most traveled. From Rome to Naples to Sparta to Cairo, Perrottet traces the favorite itinerary of ancient Romans in search of adventure and culture abroad.
- Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime
- Sparta, a bio-engineered human with super-human abilities, searches her memories for evidence of a past and indications of her destiny.