Sparta's kings / John Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, John, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sparta (Extinct city)--Kings and rulers.

Sparta (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In ancient Greece, Sparta was unique in having a dual kingship - two kings from different clans, the Agiads and the Eurypontids, reigning simultaneously. The institution was already well-developed by the 8th century BC, when Theopompos of the Eurypontid clan emerges as the first recorded Spartan king. At least fifty-seven men held office as Spartan king between Theopompos and the Agiad Kleomenes III who died in 222 BC. For almost all this period the Spartan kingship was primarily a military office, and thus the kings embody much of the military history of Sparta. Wherever Sparta's main battles

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Call to arms""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Maps""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter 1: Kings in the Mist""; ""Lelex, Myles, Eurotas""; ""Lakedaimon, Amyklas, Kynortas, Oibalos""; ""Tyndareos""; ""Menelaos""; ""Orestes and Tisamenos""; ""Chapter 2: Sons of Herakles""; ""Eurysthenes and Prokles""; ""Agis I and Eurypon""; ""Echestratos and Prytanis""; ""Labotas to Charillos""; ""Teleklos and Nikandros""; ""Chapter 3: Forging the Spartan State""; ""Alkamenes""; ""Polydoros and Theopompos""; ""Eurykrates to Agasikles""; ""Ariston""; ""Anaxandridas II""

""Chapter 4: The Politics of Defiance""""Kleomenes I""; ""Demaratos""; ""Chapter 5: �Come and Get Them!�""; ""Leonidas I""; ""Leotychidas II""; ""Chapter 6: The Cold War Kings""; ""Pleistarchos""; ""Pleistoanax""; ""Archidamos II""; ""Chapter 7: Projecting Power""; ""Agis II""; ""Pausanias""; ""Chapter 8: Domination and Decline""; ""Agesilaos II""; ""Agesipolis I""; ""Kleombrotos I""; ""Chapter 9: Retreat""; ""Agesipolis II and Kleomenes II""; ""Archidamos III""; ""Agis III""; ""Eudamidas I""; ""Chapter 10: The Hooded Flame""; ""Areus I to Leonidas II (including Kleombrotos II)""

""Archidamos IV and Eudamidas II""""Chapter 11: The Reformers""; ""Agis IV""; ""Eudamidas III and Archidamos V""; ""Kleomenes III and Eukleidas""; ""Epilogue""; ""Standing down""; ""Spartan kings: Timeline""; ""References and Chapter Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-182) and index.

ISBN:

9781783376322

1783376325

9781783376346

1783376341

OCLC:

854975016