The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece

As a historian, I must say, Paul Cartledge has compiled a must read on the ancient history of the Spartans!

Very good

This book is a must read for who want know about ancient Sparta. The authoe Cartledge is a great autority about ancient Hellas an espacially on Sparta. This book despite the great knowledge of the author is easy to read from anyone.So I suggest to read this book.

Paul Cartledge is an amazing historian.A well researched, well written history of the ancient Sparta for those interested in understanding the politics of such a unique polis! I took always interest in ancient Sparta since it is the birthplace of my ancestors and I have to admit that Cartledge's history met my expectations.

Great read and a ton of good background and detail into the Spartan lifestyle and ideology. Spartans have attained almost mythical status in todays time with the help of movies, and time, to hide some of their human flaws and downsides. This book does an excellent job at going into just enough detail to give you the whole story on how they came into existence, power, and then decline without being a 10 part series. Fascinating read that flew by.