Sparta: Unfit for Empire

Sparta: Unfit for Empire by HUTCHINSON GODFREY


ISBN
9781848322226
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
320
Dimensions
156 x 234mm

The end of the Peloponnesian War saw Sparta emerge as the dominant power in the Greek world. Had she used this position wisely her hegemony might have been secure. As it was, she embarked on actions that her former allies, Thebes and Corinth, refused to support. The rise of Thebes as a threatening power to Sparta's control of Greece was largely the result of the brilliant exploits of Epaminondas and Pelopidas whose obvious examination of Spartan tactics allowed them to provide counters to them. While noting the political issues, Godfrey Hutchinson's focus is upon the strategic and tactical elements of warfare in a period almost wholly coinciding with the reign of the brilliant commander, Agesilaos, one of the joint kings of Sparta, who, astonishingly, campaigned successfully into his eighties. AUTHOR: Godfrey Hutchinson is an historian educated at the Universities of Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His main area of expertise is that of warfare and leadership in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. He is the author of 'Xenophon and the Art of Command and Attrition: Aspects of Command in the Peloponnesian War'. 8 pages of plates and 14 maps
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