A History of Sparta 950-192
The book that I read was, A History of Sparta 950-192 B.C., by W.G. Forrest. This narrative of history extends from Sparta's founding in the tenth century B.C. to the Roman Conquest in 192 B.C. The book gives the reasons for Sparta's rise and fall. Forrest examines the reasons why Sparta was able to conquer in war but could not maintain an empire, and why the state was too weak to survive the shock of defeat by Athens at Leuktra in 371.Sparta was founded in the tenth century and was not a city like those of the rest in Greece. By the late fifth century, Sparta had become the paragon of Greek oligarchies as Athens was the model for democracies. In 404 B.C. Athens lost the Peloponnesian W
I would recommend this book to anybody researching on the history of Sparta because it would be very useful to them. Sparta's problem was their constant wanting of power, and wanted to oppose anyone who looked as thought they were outweighing them. These people were not recognized as Spartans even though they were born of Spartan mothers and fathers. Even though I only touched on a few topics in their history, this book gives, in distinct detail a more broad view of their history. The defeat of Sparta came in 206, when the Spartan army was heavenly defeated and Areus' son Akrotatos was killed by the Megalopoliticians alone. Sthenelaidas won by a large majority. To Sparta hegemony mattered more than a treaty. An extraordinary experiment in imperialism had failed and the bright world she had built to dazzle the world of Greece for fifty years collapsed. No matter how they arrived at it, the conditions peace finally imposed on Athens were far from harsh. All in all, this book gave a great overview of Spartan history. with Athens' occupation of Megara and encounters with other northern allies of Sparta, which resulted in an untidy affair from the Spartan side. Disgruntled by this, they attempted a revolution. A man by the name of Lykourgos had created all the institutions which made Sparta and the Spartans what they were. The motive was political trouble at home; the colonists, a dissident group called the Partheniai.
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