Cartledge P., Spawforth A. Sparta and Lakonia. A regional history 1300-362 BC

London – New York: Routledge, 2002. – 369 p.
ISBN 0-203-47223-3 Master e-book ISBN
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ISBN 0-415-26356-5 (Hbk)
ISBN 0-415-26276-3 (Pbk)Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta.
The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the territory of Lakonia which it unified and exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological and environmental perspectives, its coverage extends from the apogee of Mycenaean culture, to Sparta's crucial defeat at the battle of Mantinea in 362 BC.Notes on the spelling of Greek words and on datesBoundaries
The physical setting
Climate
The Stone and Bronze Ages to c. 1300Preclassical Lakonia c. 1300–500 BC
Greek oral tradition as history
The last Mycenaeans c. 1300–1050
The first Dorians c. 1050–775
The Lakonian renascence c. 775–650
The consolidation of Lakonia c. 650–490
Helots and PerioikoiClassical Lakonia c. 500–362 BC
The crisis of Lakonia 490–460
The Athenian wars c. 460–404
The reduction of Lakonia 404–362Results and prospects
The decline of Spartiate manpower
Epilogue1. Gazetteer of sites in Lakonia and Messenia2. The Homeric poems as history3. The Spartan king-lists4. The Helots: some ancient sources in translation5. The sanctuary of (Artemis) OrthiaBibliographical appendix to the second edition
Bibliographical addenda to the second edition