Five Months A Spartan

Author : Allen Chinn
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329820452
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Months a Spartan written by Allen Chinn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FIVE MONTHS A SPARTAN is an inspirational story of how my son's new interest of obstacle course racing became a five month whirlwind obsession. No one does thirteen obstacle course events and numerous volunteer and promotional events in their first five

Author : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447211332
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spartan written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herodotus tells us that not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors died at the hands of Xerxes, King of the Persians, in the battle of the Thermopylae: two were saved bringing a life-saving message back to the city . . . Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Spartan is the saga of a Spartan family, torn apart by a cruel law that forces them to abandon one of their two sons – born lame – to the elements. The elder son, Brithos, is raised in the caste of the warriors, while the other, Talos, is spared a cruel death and is raised by a Helot shepherd, among the peasants. They live out their story in a world dominated by the clash between the Persian empire and the city-states of Greece – a ferocious, relentless conflict – until the voice of their blood and of human solidarity unites them in a thrilling, singular enterprise.

Author : Nic Fields
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783830492
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spartan Way written by Nic Fields and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a period of some 200 years, Sparta was acknowledged throughout the Greek world as the home of the finest soldiers. Xenophon called them 'the only true craftsmen in matters of war'. Nic Fields explains the reasons for this superiority, how their reputation for invincibility was earned (and deliberately manipulated) and how it was ultimately shattered. The Spartan Way examines how Spartan society, through its rigid laws and brutal educational system, was thoroughly militarized and devoted to producing warriors suited to the intense demands of hoplite warfare - professional killers inculcated with the values of unwavering obedience and a willingness to fight and die for their city. The role of Spartan women, as mothers and wives, in shaping the warrior ethic is considered, as are the role of uniform and rigorous training in enhancing the small-unit cohesion within the phalanx , and the psychological intimidation of the enemy. The final chapters chart the course of Sparta's successes through the period of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, through the Corinthian and Theban wars of the fourth century BC, which culminated with the shattering military defeats at Leuctra and 2nd Mantinea, and the years of her decline with the Spartans as a source of mercenaries for the wars of other states.

Author : J. Ober
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900432819X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortress Attica written by J. Ober and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the defense policy of Athens in the period after the Peloponnesian War. In order to counter new offensive strategies and to protect vital local sources of revenue, the Athenians instituted a system of territorial defense, based on massive frontier fortresses and a sophisticated signal network. Individual chapters treat Athens' postwar economic situations, the development of Greek military science, the rise of a defensive mentality among the Athenian citizens, theorectical literature on defense, and Athens' military establishment. A major section is devoted to detailed descriptions of the land routes into Attica and of all ancient fortresses, towers, and military highways in the frontier zones. Concluding chapters demonstrate how the defense system worked in practic.

Author : Thomas J. Figueira
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
ISBN 13 : 1914535219
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spartan Society written by Thomas J. Figueira and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2004-12-31 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth volume from the International Sparta Seminar, in the series founded by Anton Powell and Stephen Hodkinson. Thomas J. Figueira is here the editor of sixteen papers; fifteen are new, the other is newly translated from the French. Among the authors are most of the world's leading authorities on the history of Sparta. There are particular concentrations of papers on Spartan women; the economy of Sparta; helots and Messenians; Xenophon and Sparta; and the modern reception of Sparta.

Author : Charles Sankey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7P/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spartan and Theban Supremacies written by Charles Sankey and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Sankey (M.A.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spartan and Theban Supremacies written by Charles Sankey (M.A.) and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon Hornblower
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136831258
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greek World 479-323 BC written by Simon Hornblower and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek World 479-323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication nearly thirty years ago. Now Simon Hornblower has comprehensively revised and partly rewritten his original text, bringing it up-to-date for yet another generation of readers. In particular, this fourth edition takes full account of recent and detailed scholarship on Greek poleis across the Hellenic world, allowing for further development of the key theme of regional variety across the Mediterranean and beyond. Other extensive changes include a new sub-chapter on Islands, a completely updated bibliography, and revised citation of epigraphic material relating to the fourth-century BC. With valuable coverage of the broader Mediterranean world in which Greek culture flourished, as well as close examination of Athens, Sparta, and the other great city-states of Greece itself, this fourth edition of a classic work is a more essential read than ever before.

Author : Brian Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190499133
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World written by Brian Campbell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Offers six exemplary case studies of Greeks and Romans at war, thoroughly illustrated with detailed battle maps and photographs"--Provided by publisher.