On Sparta
by Plutarch
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Fiction.
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 citystate between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings he depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered t...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Fiction.
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“A collection of biographies and aphorisms from the famous Spartans.”
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