Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity.bulletlistbulletHelps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan historybulletApplies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a SpartanbulletTakes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewherebulletPlaces Spartan society into its wider Greek context/bulletlist