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Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity.

• Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan history
• Applies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a Spartan
• Takes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewhere
• Places Spartan society into its wider Greek context

The Gymnasium of Virtue is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of education in ancient Sparta, covering the period from the sixth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Nigel Kennell refutes the popular notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of "primitive" customs not found elsewhere in Greece. He argues instead that later political and cultural movements made the system appear to be more distinctive than it actually had been, as a means of asserting Sparta's claim to be a unique society.

Using epigraphical, literary, and...