The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction

Famous throughout history for their doomed stand at Thermopylae, and immortalised by contemporary Athenian writers who viewed them as the exotic other, the Spartans, and their brutality and bravery, both fascinate and appal us. Andrew Bayliss reveals the best and the worst of this harsh society, separating myth from reality.

• | By (Author): Andrew J. (Associate Professor In Greek History, University Of Birmingham) Bayliss
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: May 26, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 019878760X
• | ISBN-13: 9780198787600