“While Cartledge is a widely acknowledged expert on Classical Greece, this book is a disappointment. It might serve as a quick gloss on Spartan history for someone who had no background but needed something in a hurry. For anyone who is even a serious lay student of clasical history is just has no substance. The vast majority of the work is restating or commentary on Herodotus and Thucydides (and some Xenophon) which I have already read.”

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