Sparta: Unfit for Empire

by Godfrey Hutchinson

The end of the Peloponnesian War saw Sparta emerge as the dominant power in the Greek world. Had she used this position wisely her hegemony might have been secure. As it was, she embarked on actions that her former allies, Thebes and Korinth, refused to support. The rise of Thebes as a threatening power to Sparta's control of Greece was largely the result of the brilliant exploits of Epaminondas and Pelopidas whose obvious examination of Spartan tactics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848322224
• ISBN13: 9781848322226
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 320 Pages