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A lot more than 2,500 years ago, a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most effective empire on the globe. In such a meticulously researched study, historian Paul Rahe argues that Sparta was accountable for the original establishment of the Hellenic defensive coalition and was, in reality, the most essential player in its ultimate victory. Drawing from an extraordinary range of historical resources, including Herodotus and Plutarch, the writer veers from the original Athenocentric view of the Greco-Persian Wars to examine from a Spartan point of view the grand strategy that halted the Persian juggernaut. Rahe provides a fascinating, detailed picture of life in Sparta circa 480 BC, disclosing how the Spartans' form of federal and the routine to which they subjected themselves instilled within them the pride, confidence, self-discipline, and discernment necessary to forge an alliance that would stand company against a great empire, powered by spiritual fervor, that organised sway over two-fifths of the human race.
