Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation
eBook - ePub

Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation

About this book

The author of Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation continues his revealing history of the Ancient Greek city-state in this chronicle of its decline and defeat.

Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans became masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. What went wrong? Was the fall of Sparta inevitable? In Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation, Philip Matyszak examines the political blunders and failures of leadership which combined with unresolved social issues to bring down the nation—even as its warriors remained invincible on the battlefield.
The Spartans believed their society was above the changes sweeping their world. And by resisting change, they were doomed to be overwhelmed by it. But the Spartans refused to accept total defeat, and for many years their city exercised influence far beyond its size and population. This is a chronicle of political failure—one rich in heroes, villains, epic battles and political skullduggery. But it is also a lesson in how to go down fighting. Even with the Roman legions set to overwhelm their city, the Spartans never gave up

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Plates
  6. Glossary
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. The State of the Nation – Sparta in 478 BC
  9. 2. The First Cracks
  10. 3. The Misadventures of Pausanias
  11. 4. The Slide into War
  12. 5. The Archidamian War
  13. 6. Sphacteria and the Peace of Nicias
  14. 7. A Successful War and a Failed Peace
  15. 8. The Lame King
  16. 9. The Disaster at Leuctra
  17. 10. The Rise of Macedon
  18. 11. The Failed Reformers
  19. 12. Nabis and the End of Sparta
  20. Epilogue
  21. Bibliography
  22. Plate section