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Free Download Leonidas of Sparta: The Life and Legacy of the Ancient Warrior King Who Defended All Greece by Hourglass History, Alexander Kingsley
English | May 22, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0C625B25G | 114 pages | EPUB | 0.83 Mb
Unearth the legend of King Leonidas of Sparta with this gripping and masterfully crafted book that delves deep into the life, legend, and enduring legacy of one of history’s most celebrated warriors. Hourglass History proudly presents a captivating story that weaves together historical accuracy, myths, and legends to bring you closer to the ancient world of Sparta and its most iconic hero.

Free Download Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation (Audiobook)
English | December 21, 2021 | ASIN: B09NCGN6LH | M4B@64 kbps | 6h 35m | 192 MB
Author: Philip Matyszak | Narrator: Mike Cooper
This cultural history of Ancient Sparta chronicles the rise of its legendary military power and offers revealing insight into the people behind the myths.
The Spartans of ancient Greece are typically portrayed as macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless, and impervious to pain. And indeed, they often lived up to this image. But life was not as simple as this image suggests. In truth, ancient Sparta was a city of contrasts.

Free Download Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation (Audiobook)
English | October 18, 2022 | ASIN: B0BGVNH69J | M4B@64 kbps | 6h 28m | 277 MB
Author: Philip Matyszak | Narrator: Mike Cooper
Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans were masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. What went wrong? Was the fall of Sparta inevitable? Philip Matyszak examines the political blunders and failures of leadership which combined with unresolved social issues to bring down the nation – even as its warriors remained invincible on the battlefield.
The Spartans believed their constitution and society above the changes sweeping their world, and in resisting change, they were eventually overwhelmed by it. Yet this is also a story of defiance, for the Spartans refused to accept their humiliation and – although never more than a tiny and underpopulated city-state – for many years their city exercised influence far beyond its size and population. This is a chronicle of political failure, but also a lesson in how to go down fighting. Even with the Roman legions set to overwhelm their city, the Spartans never gave up.

Free Download Paul Anthony Rahe, "Sparta’s First Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 478-446 B.C. "
English | ISBN: 0300242611 | 2019 | 328 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB
A companion volume to The Spartan Regime and The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta that explores the collapse of the Spartan‑Athenian alliance

Free Download Sparta and the Commemoration of War
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1316519457 | 295 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
The tough Spartan soldier is one of the most enduring images from antiquity. Yet Spartans too fell in battle – so how did ancient Sparta memorialise its wars and war dead? From the poet Tyrtaeus inspiring soldiers with rousing verse in the seventh century BCE to inscriptions celebrating the 300’s last stand at Thermopylae, and from Spartan imperialists posing as liberators during the Peloponnesian War to the modern reception of the Spartan as a brave warrior defending the "West", Sparta has had an outsized role in how warfare is framed and remembered. This image has also been distorted by the Spartans themselves and their later interpreters. While debates continue to rage about the appropriateness of monuments to supposed war heroes in our civic squares, this authoritative and engaging book suggests that how the Spartans commemorated their military past, and how this shaped their military future, has perhaps never been more pertinent.