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Spartans: A Captivating Guide to the Fierce Warriors of Ancient Greece, Including Spartan Military Tactics, the Battle of Thermopylae, How Sparta Was Ruled, and More
- Narrated by: Richard L Walton
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: History, Ancient History
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Publisher's Summary
If you want to discover the captivating history of Sparta, then pay attention....
Sparta is one of the first names that comes to mind when we think about the ancient world. And this is for good reason. After its founding sometime in the 10th century BCE, Sparta soon rose to be one of the most powerful city-states in not only the Greek but the entire ancient world.
Its unique government, which featured two kings and an elected senate, helped it achieve relative political stability early on in its history, and Spartan leaders were able to use this to expand their power and influence in the region surrounding Sparta as well as the rest of the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
Perhaps the most significant achievement in all of Spartan history, though, was their defeat of the Athenians in the Peloponnesian War. This conflict, which lasted roughly 30 years, put the two greatest Greek city-states of the time, Athens and Sparta, up against one another, and the result, a Spartan victory, helped to reshape the entire ancient world.
In Spartans: A Captivating Guide to the Fierce Warriors of Ancient Greece, Including Spartan Military Tactics, the Battle of Thermopylae, How Sparta Was Ruled, and More, you will discover topics such as:
- Who Were the Spartans
- The Growth of Spartan Power: The Messenian Wars
- A Growing Rivalry with Athens: The Greco-Persian Wars
- Victory over Athens: The Birth of the Spartan Empire
- Spartan Hegemony, the Corinthian War, and Sparta’s Decline
- Spartan Government, Military, and Society
- And much, much more!
What listeners say about Spartans: A Captivating Guide to the Fierce Warriors of Ancient Greece, Including Spartan Military Tactics, the Battle of Thermopylae, How Sparta Was Ruled, and More
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- Brian VonFeldt
- 2021-05-28
This is Sparta!!!!!!!! and everything else too.
awesome listen on a long drive, better and more content than what I thought I was getting.
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- Comet
- 2020-01-31
very insightful
this kept my interest, and was very informative. it is well read and we'll written. I will definitely suggest this book to others.
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- Maris
- 2019-08-30
A Better Way to Fight a War
It is the type of book that even non readers can successfully and quickly get through.Definitely glad I got this.
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- Abigale
- 2019-08-30
Best book
The best way to establish rapport is to immerse yourself in the group's culture and way of life, and show them that you respect them and have something of value to share with them.
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- Paul
- 2019-08-30
Highly recommend this book.
I really enjoyed this book and found it very educational. I would have given it five stars because the information was spot on. Overall, Good book worth the buy
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- Arthur
- 2019-08-30
Great Info
I enjoyed reading this book because it had great in depth information that was an easy read. I wish it included more in depth to their society.
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- Bright
- 2019-08-30
wow
Captivating History does a fantastic job at just giving us the facts and really demystifying the legendary spartans.
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- Raymond Ava
- 2019-08-30
Amazing book
I really enjoyed this book and found it very educational. I would have given it five stars because the information was spot on. Overall, Good book worth the buy
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- kieran Jaxon
- 2019-08-30
the power of belief
This unique work may shatter some of your myths in looks to the Spartans however, it is well examined and very well presented.
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- M.Maverick
- 2019-08-30
This is very well written and informative
A lot of unknown and interesting information on the building of the Spartan culture.This is very well written and informative.