Hellenistic and Roman Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities

ISBN-13: 9780415262774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 328 str.

Paul Cartledge; Antony Spawforth

Opis

In this revised edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of contemporary finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of the social, political, economic and cultural changes in the Spartan community. This attempts to challenge the conventional misperception of Spartan decline after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC. The book's focus on a frequently overlooked period should make it important not only for those interested specifically in Sparta, but also for all those concerned with Hellenistic Greece, and with the life of Greece and other Greek-speaking provinces under non-Roman rule.

Recenzje

'Clearly written and thoroughly documented, this work is an excellent introduction to a fascinating but neglected aspect of Greek history.' - Choice

'Spawforth's description of the city of Sparta is the base upon which all others must build.' - Ancient History Bulletin

Spis treści

Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- PART I HELLENISTIC SPARTA (BY PAUL CARTLEDGE) -- 1 In the shadow of empire: Mantinea to Chaeronea -- 2 Resistance to Macedon: the revolt of Agis III -- 3 The new Hellenism of Areus I -- 4 Reform - or revolution? Agis IV and Cleomenes III -- 5 Sparta between Achaea and Rome: the rule of Nabis -- 6 Sparta from Achaea to Rome (188-146 BC) -- PART II ROMAN SPARTA (BY ANTONY SPAWFORTH) -- 7 Sparta between sympolity and municipality -- 8 Sparta in the Greek renaissance -- 9 Pagans and Christians: Sparta in late antiquity -- 10 The Roman city and its territory -- 11 Local government I: machinery and functions -- 12 Local government II: the social and economic base -- 13 High culture and agonistic festivals -- 14 The image of tradition -- 15 Epilogue: Sparta from late antiquity to the Middle Ages APPENDICES -- I The monuments of Roman Sparta -- II Catalogues of magistrates -- III Hereditary tendencies in the Curial Class -- IV Foreign agonistai at Sparta -- Notes -- Bibliographical appendix -- Bibliographicals addenda to the second edition -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- General index.

O autorze

Paul Cartledge and Anthony Spawforth