Sparta
Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: October 25, 2001
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780748612932
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; Ancient Greece; BCE to c 500 CE; History: World
First sentence: Victor Ehrenberg, in later life, described the early history of Sparta as a kind of battleground for modern historians, which called for the 'intellectual gymnastics' in which he had once indulged.