Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta Pb [Paperback]

Paul Cartledge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000

As one of the two Spartan kings, Agesilaos II presided over Sparta's greatest imperial expansion and its collapse as a major power. At his accession in 400 BC, Sparta had recently defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War and was the undisputed leader of the Aegean Greek world; at the time of his death some forty years later, Sparta had been reduced to the status of a mere Peloponnesian squabbler, its role indistinguishable from that of any of a number of other Greek states. "Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta" is an account of this critical period of Greek history, focusing on a single career. Progressing both chronologically and thematically, the author reveals the principal aspects of Spartan politics and society and appraises the possible causes of Sparta's preciptous decline and fall.

Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: Duckworth & Co (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715630326
• ISBN-13: 978-0715630327
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,322,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Cartledge is the inaugural A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare College. He is also Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the History and Theory of Democracy at New York University. He written and edited over 20 books, many of which have been translated into foreign languages. He is an honorary citizen of modern Sparta and holds the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor awarded by the President of Greece.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A scholars masterpiece, November 5, 2001

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This review is from: Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta (Hardcover)

This book contains probably every known fact about the legendary Spartan king. Numerous references are being made to other writers and many different approaches are used to create an impression of the importance of the king in his own lifetime as well as his relevance to the later military and social developments. The maps provided though, are few and slightly below standards.