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Accordingly it is not and does not intend to be a history of sparta at war

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Anyone looking for this should go for scott ruschs book which bears this very same title

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It is not either a history of sparta a topic which is better covered by paul cartledges book sparta and lakonia or for the history of spartas hegemony and fall his superb erudite but difficult to access agesilaos and the crisis of sparta

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Second the author does come up with a number of interpretations that he is not always able to discuss and present thoroughly simply because of the severe space limitations of the osprey collections

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With regards to armour for instance whether the spartans still wore body armour or not whether some still wore it and not others and what types of armour was worn are all points that are still very much debated contrary to the impression given by this book in both the text and the illustrations

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So while this is a very valuable introduction and starting point it is not quite perfect