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Andrew Bayliss is Associate Professor in Greek History at the University of Birmingham. He has taught and studied in Australia, Greece and the UK, and his published works on ancient Greek history include Oath and State in Ancient Greece, The Spartans and The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction.
The most readable, entertaining, and informative book about the Spartans I've ever read - at once deeply researched and as punchy as the ancient Lakedaemonians themselves. Whereas most standard modern histories depict the Spartans one-dimensionally, the truth, as Andrew Bayliss shows, is far more complex and human. If you read only one nonfiction book on the ancient Spartans, make it this one -- Steven Pressfield, author * Gates of Fire * Praise for The Spartans: A new history of these extraordinary and often terrifying people, which is both scholarly and highly entertaining * Mail Online * A readable, informative, excellent survey * Irish Times * With a succinctness worthy of his subjects - whose 'linguistic austerity' inspired the word 'laconic' - Bayliss distils extensive research to offer an engaging, lucid insight into this unique society * Mail on Sunday * Anyone interested in Sparta should read it, and every school library should own it * Classics For All *
