The End Of Sparta, By Victor D. Hanson

[Dithrambus]

Anyone read this yet? Thoughts?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608191...700_snp_dp

[Ghostmojo]

I always approach Hanson's factual stuff with a little trepidation - therefore I'm really not sure what I would make of his attempts at fiction ...

In any event - the events under consideration were not The End of Sparta per se. The end of Imperial Sparta and of Classical Sparta - perhaps. The end of dominating Greece and instant reliance upon allies doing her bidding - certainly. But not the actual 'end' of that peculiar city-state, which actually survived throughout the Hellenistic and successive period better than Thebes or many of her contemporaries like Corinth, Athens etc.; and periodically made attempts at a comeback (most successfully in the 220s).