The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy by Myke Cole
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Overview: The story of the Spartans is one of the best known in history, from their rigorous training to their dramatic feats of arms–but is that portrait of Spartan supremacy true? Renowned novelist and popular historian Myke Cole goes back to the original sources to set the record straight.
The Spartan hoplite enjoys unquestioned currency as history’s greatest fighting man. Raised from the age of seven in the agoge, a military academy legendary for its harshness, Spartan men were brought up to value loyalty to the polis (the city-state) above all else, and to prize obedience to orders higher than their own lives. The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends in their own time, famous for their brevity and their ability to endure hardship, to control their emotions, and to never surrender–even in the face of impossible odds, even when it meant their certain deaths.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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