Greek Reporter

Taras: The True Story Behind the Only Colony of Ancient Sparta

At a time of internal social upheaval, Sparta looked westward across the Mediterranean and founded the colony of Taras.

The war that broke Greece: How Athens and Sparta destroyed their own world

The Peloponnesian War, which lasted from 431 to 404 BCE, is one of the most defining conflicts in the history of the ancient ...
Publishers Weekly

THE SPARTANS: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse

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) ...
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Athens vs Sparta - The Peloponnesian War explained

Spartan warriors stand along the shores of Greece, taunting the Athenian troops aboard their naval ships. Athens controls the ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece’ Review: Mythic Roots

If you imagine yourself in ancient Greece, it is probably in one of the two principal cities (or city-states), democratic, fractious, philosophy-loving Athens, or oligarchic, disciplined, ...
insider.si.edu

The Spartans : the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse / Paul Cartledge

Accompanies the PBS series The Spartans. Originally published as The Spartans: an epic history / London, 4 Books, 2002. pt. 1. 'Go, tell the Spartans' -- 1. Under the sign of Lycurgus -- 2. Sparta in ...