The Spartan Way.
For a period of some 200 years, Sparta was acknowledged throughout the Greek world as the home of the finest soldiers. Xenophon called them 'the only true craftsmen in matters of war'. Nic Fields explains the reasons for this superiority, how their reputation for invincibility was earned (...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2013. |
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Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Maps and Plans; Prologue:
- Holocaust at the Hot Gates; Introduction:
- The Setting and the People; Chapter 1
- A Land of Orderliness; Mountains and sea; The human landscape; The Spartans become Spartan; The lion king; Chapter 2
- Love and War Among the Spartans; A woman's place; A woman's power; Amazons of Sparta; A king's daughter; Mothers' sons; A brave new order; A dysfunctional society; Chapter 3
- Of Matters Spiritual; Gods of war; Militant Apollo; Dorian Apollo; In retrospect; Chapter 4
- Tyrants, Tremble; The jealous rival.
- Sparta gains its spursTyrant slayers; The liberator; Chapter 5
- The Power of the Dorian Spear; The hoplite; The equipment; The advance; The push; The experience; The cost; The rules; Chapter 6
- Top Dog; Troubles at home; The first war; Money, ships, and walls; The reason why; The clash of titans; Chapter 7
- Train Hard, Fight Easy; Profession of arms; Come dancing; Daily workout; Obedience and discipline; Chapter 8
- Hellas' Veins Opened; Athena waives the rules; Trouble up North; War and peace; The oligarchs strike back; The war at sea; The fall of Athens; Lords of misrule.
- A corner for ever LakedaimonChapter 9
- Organized to Kill; Big and small units; Age groups; The chosen ones; Origins; Serve to win; Comradeship; Spartan bonding; In retrospect; Chapter 10
- Klearchos' Red Army; Seeing the sea; Discipline, discipline, discipline; A Spartan abroad; Out with the pretender; Inside the mind; The good (mercenary) commander; A parallel life; Ancient and modern; Chapter 11
- Dressed to Kill; Spartan battle dress; Striking a pose; Fear of the known; Colour crimson; Chapter 12
- Follow the Leader; New suit, worse policies; The second Agamemnon; Changing partners.
- Chaos in CorinthThe Persian factor; Persian peace; The Persian tiger; Persian service; In retrospect; Chapter 13
- Bare Essentials; Daily bread; Wine and cheese; Finding food; A soldier's diet; Camp life; Chapter 14
- Fall of Giants; The liberators; Sparta's foreign legion; Spartans for hire; Chapter 15
- Masters of the Red Field; Plataia, summer 479 BC; Pylos, summer 425 BC; Amphipolis, 422 BC; Mantineia, summer 418 BC; The Nemea, summer 394 BC; Koroneia, summer 394 BC; Lechaion, summer 390 BC; Leuktra, summer 371 BC; Chapter 16
- Sackers of Cities; Siege of Plataia, 429-427 BC.
- Siege of Mantineia, 385 BCEpilogue:
- Between History and Legend; Appendix 1
- The Size of Greek States; Appendix 2
- The Median Host at Thermopylai; Appendix 3
- The Literary Evidence for the Spartan Army; Appendix 4
- A Note on Athenian Democracy; Appendix 5
- A Note on the Athenian Army; Appendix 6
- A Note on Iphikrates and his Peltasts; Appendix 7
- A Note on the Ten Thousand; Appendix 8
- Herodotos and the Topography of Plataia; Appendix 9
- A Note on the Diekplous and the Periplous; Glossary of Greek Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index.