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The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League

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Description for The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League Paperback. Offers a different perspective, suggesting that the crisis that finally brought down Sparta was in important ways a result of centrifugal impulses within the Peloponnesian League, accompanied by a general awakening of ethnicity in various areas of the Peloponnese. Editor(s): Funke, Peter; Luraghi, Nino. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 375 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.

The crisis of Spartan power in the first half of the fourth century has been connected to Spartan inability to manage the hegemony built on the ruins of the Athenian Empire, or interpreted as a result of the unexpected annihilation of the Spartan army by the Boeotians at Leuktra. The present book offers a new perspective, suggesting that the crisis that finally brought down Sparta was in important ways a result of centrifugal impulses within the Peloponnesian League, accompanied by a general awakening of ethnicity in various areas of the Peloponnese.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
Series
Hellenic Studies
Number of Pages
375
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674031999
SKU
V9780674031999
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Ref
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About Peter Funke
Peter Funke is Professor of Ancient History at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Nino Luraghi is Professor of the Classics at Harvard University.

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