> If you want to learn about Sparta, it's pretty easy to find Oh god. Why Sparta? Why this particular historiographical can of worms, where the history of the

> If you want to learn about Sparta, it's pretty easy to find Oh god. Why Sparta? Why this particular historiographical can of worms, where the history of the history is far more convoluted than the history of Lacedaemon itself? No. Someone without a pretty solid knowledge of Ancient Greek history and historiography and the skills to be able to track the changes in the research literature is going to have a damn hard time finding the best book on Sparta.