The Spartans “at Sea”

Sparta has long enjoyed the reputation of a polis that was hostile toward and incompetent in τὰ ναυτικά. Impediments, including its location and agrarian economic base, made it difficult for Sparta to challenge Athenian sea power before the last decade of the fifth century. Herodotus and Thucydides...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellen Millender
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2016-11-01
Series:Historika : Studi di Storia Greca e Romana
Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/historika/article/view/1921