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Load More...Got so annoyed yesterday by this, I ended up teaching an entire class inspired by this poster and how it is #badancient luckily it was 'Sparta week' in the course!
found this on a page called 'Way of the Warrior'. While I appreciate it is a quote from 300, at least in the film Leonidas was unaware that the Spartans would retreat, a lot, and indeed surrender at Sphacteria (425 B.C.) . . . this quote would not have aged well! #badancient
Easy to forget that these memorials are still sites of ritual activity. The poppies, teddies, and notes have all been removed from this one in Denton, in preparation for the next Remembrance Day. Never seen it so… https://t.co/vN2SAREgO0
Tag Archives: Sparta
(Review) Godfrey Hutchinson, Sparta: Unfit for Empire, (Barnsley, 2014)
A review of a great book, which covers a fascinating period of ancient Spartan history: its decline. Godfrey Hutchinson, Sparta: Unfit for Empire, (Barnsley, 2014) The Spartan period of dominance in Greece (the hegemony c.404-371 BCE) has attracted a lot … Continue reading
(Review) Mike Roberts, Two Deaths at Amphipolis: Cleon vs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War, (Barnsley, 2015)
Another review for you! All about one of my favourite historical characters, Brasidas the Spartan. Mike Roberts, Two Deaths at Amphipolis: Cleon vs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War, (Barnsley, 2015) Pages: 264 ISBN: 978-1783463787
New Article, New Sparta
I have an article coming out in this month’s Ancient Warfare Magazine, click here for the introductory paragraph, in which I talk about why I think religion stopped Sparta from fighting in the Persian invasions in the 5th Century B.C.E. … Continue reading
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