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Sparta. Unfit for Empire 404-362 BC

Door Godfrey Hutchinson

Categorie
Klassieke Oudheid
Boeknummer
#212490
Titel
Sparta. Unfit for Empire 404-362 BC
Auteur
Hutchinson, Godfrey
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Frontline Books, London
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
1848322224
ISBN13
9781848322226
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
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 Korinth, 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 ei... (Lees verder)ghties.
Pagina's
296
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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