Sparta

This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries.

About the author

Michael Whitby studied Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. After several years at St Andrews, where he became Professor of Ancient History, he was appointed Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick University in 1995. He is co-editor of Classical Review, Cambridge Ancient History XIV, and the forthcoming Cambridge History of Ancient Warfare. His publications include Theophylact Simocatta (OUP); The Emperor Maurice and his Historian (OUP); and Evagrius Scholasticus (LUP).

Product details

• Authors: Michael Whitby
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2001
• EAN: 9780748612949
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-1294-9
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World; Edinburgh Readings on the Anci
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity