From the Book - 1st Vintage books ed.
Preface and acknowledgements --
Part I: "Go, tell the Spartans!" --
Under the sign of Lycurgus --
The Persian Wars, 490-479 BC --
The '50-year period', 478-432 BC --
The Athenian War, 432-404 BC --
Part III: Crippled kingship --
The Spartan Empire, 404-371 BC --
Fall and decline, 371-331 BC --
revival and reinvention, 331 BC-AD 14 --
The Legacy: Leonidas lives! --
Appendix: Hunting-Spartan style --
Notes, Further reading, Selected bibliography, Picture credits, Index.
pt. 1. 'Go, tell the Spartans' --
1. Under the sign of Lycurgus --
3. The Persian Wars, 490-479 BC --
pt. 2. The Spartan myth --
4. The '50-year period', 478-432 BC --
5. Women and religion - 6. The Athenian War, 432-404 BC --
pt. 3. A crippled kingship --
7. The Spartan Empire, 404-371 BC --
8. Fall and decline, 371-331 BC --
9. Revival and reinvention 331 BC-AD 14 --
10. The legacy : Leonidas lives.
