On Sparta

On Sparta
Publisher: Penguin UK
Authors: Plutarch
Published on: 2005-05-26
Page Count: 336 pages
Print Type: BOOK
Categories: History
Maturity Rating: NOT_MATURE
Language: en
Embeddable: Yes
PDF Available: No
EPUB Available: Yes
ISBN-13: 9780141925509
ISBN-10: 0141925507
Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta ...

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