Agesilaus and the Failure of Spartan Hegemony / Charles D. Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, Charles D., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 8 maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book focuses both on King Agesilaus II (c. 443-c. 358 B.C.) as a man and as an infulential public figure, and on Sparta, the state he ruled for some 40 years during the period in which it dominated much of the Greek world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Short Titles

Chronology of the Life of Agesilaus

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE. The Character and Personality of Agesilaus

CHAPTER TWO. Agesilaus as King and Commander

CHAPTER THREE. The Socioeconomic Crisis of Fourth-Century Sparta

CHAPTER FOUR. Agesilaus' Rise to Power

CHAPTER FIVE. From the King's Peace to the Seizure of Thebes

CHAPTER SIX. The Liberation of Thebes and Its Aftermath

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Road to Leuctra

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Collapse of Spartan Hegemony

EPILOGUE. The Final Years

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-3491-1

OCLC:

1121056339