Includes essays from a distinguished international cast that treat Spartas most famous area of activity. This title explores the paradox that Spartas cavalry was an undistinguished institution.

The studies in this volume provide new insights into the traditional historians’ question, What actually happened at Sparta? , and help toward an understanding of how Athenians defined the achievements…

Despite their crucial role, the Helots of Sparta remain essentially invisible in our ancient sources and peripheral and enigmatic in modern scholarship. This book is devoted to a much-needed reassessment…