The Spartan hoplites
By: by Louise Park and Timothy Love.
Contributors: Love, Timothy.
Series: Ancient and medieval people
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761444497
Subjects: Sparta (Extinct city) -- History, Military -- Juvenile literature; Soldiers -- Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city) -- Juvenile literature; Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. -- Campaigns -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "An introduction to the history and lifestyle of Spartan hoplites"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Who were the Spartan hoplites?; title: Spartan society; title: Social class in the Spartan army; title: Government in the Spartan army; title: In profile: King Leonidas; title: Training to be a Spartan hoplite; title: Spartan weaponry, armour, and warfare; title: Spotlight on the Persian Wars; title: Spotlight on the Battle of Thermopylae; title: In profile: King Xerxes; title: Spotlight on the Battle of Plataea; title: The decline of the Spartan hoplite; title: Glossary.