The Historical Review of Sparta 2023

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· Sapienza Università Editrice
Ebook
214
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About this ebook

This issue of “The Historical Review of Sparta”, jointly promoted by the Department of Classics of Sapienza University of Rome and the Institute of Sparta, focuses on the battle of Sellasia, which occurred in the summer 222 BC and saw the clash between the Spartans led by Cleomenes III and the Achaean-Macedonian alliance guided by Antigonus III Doson. The several papers here collected address the historical incident from different and complementary perspectives, in the attempt to contextualize it in a wider framework. Hence, the articles carry out a thorough analysis of Hellenistic Sparta, by investigating the constitutional reforms implemented during the 3rd cent. BC, exploring the political (and sometimes conflictual) relations between the Laconian polis and other emerging powers in Greece and the Mediterranean basin, and discussing the changes occurred in the governmental, economic, military, educational and religious field. Furthermore, the contributions offer an in-depth study of the military strategies and tactics implemented in the battlefield, as well as an analysis on the final impact of the catastrophic defeat of Sparta on its internal societal structure and cultural system, and a reflection on the modern reception of the historical event.


About the author

Giorgio Piras è professore di Filologia Classica alla Sapienza Università di Roma; è Direttore del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità e Honorary Senior Research Fellow presso University College London, History Department. Si è occupato di Varrone, della tradizione dei testi classici e umanistici, di storia e figure degli studi classici. È impegnato ora nell’edizione commentata degli antiquari romani di età repubblicana.

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Giorgio Piras is full professor of Classical philology and currently head of Department of Scienze dell’Antichità.

Rita Sassu si laurea e consegue il Dottorato di Ricerca in Archeologia Classica presso Sapienza Università di Roma. Partecipa a diverse missioni di scavo e progetti di studio in Italia e all’estero; fa parte della Segreteria di Redazione delle riviste Mediterraneo Antico. Economie, Società, Culture e Thiasos. Rivista di Archeologia e Architettura Antica; lavora presso il Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, dove si occupa dei finanziamenti erogati dalla Commissione Europea per la cultura, la cittadinanza e le politiche comunitarie. È autrice di numerose pubblicazioni riguardanti soprattutto il santuario greco, l’economia antica, il patrimonio culturale e la cittadinanza.


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