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Steven Pressfield
"Gates of Fire" a story of one man's indoctrination into the Spartan way of life & death,culminating in the horrifying epic battle of Thermopylae. "Tides of War" a novel of the Peloponnesian War that tells the tale of Athenian soldier extraordinaire Alcibiades.
"Last of the Amazons" conjectural account of the legendary female warrior tribe.

Paul Cartledge
"The Spartans" "Spartan Reflections" chronicle of Sparta's rise and fall, 1100B.C. to it's fall in the fourth century B.C.

Xenophon
"Anabasis" Xenophon's vivid eyewitness account of the Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries who fought under Cyrus & their struggle after their defeat in Persia to return home. "Hellenica" a history of Greek affairs from 411B.C. to 362 B.C.
Nick Sekunda
"The Spartan Army" describing the organisational systems of the Spartan army,how they were trained, the battles they fought & the society that produced them.

"Shades of Artemis" Jon Edward Martin, set during the Peloponnesian War, this novel recounts the life of Brasidas,Sparta's most audacious commander.

"Spartan" Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Talos born with a crippled foot is reluctantly abandoned by his parents in accordance with Spartan law and is raised by a Helot shepherd.Drama underscores this authentically detailed historical adventure.

"The Ten Thousand" Michael Curtis Ford, a story of Xenophon's army in the political chaos following the Peloponnesian War.

Arizona Hoplite Association

Spartan Books Read