Die Spartaner

Author/Contributor(s):	Bayliss, Andrew J
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	08/03/2020
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Famous throughout history for their doomed stand at Thermopylae, and immortalised by contemporary Athenian writers who viewed them as the exotic other, the Spartans, and their brutality and bravery, both fascinate and appal us. Andrew Bayliss reveals the best and the worst of this harsh society, separating myth from reality.