For those interested in the topic of Sparta, I can highly recommend Bret C. Devereaux's series of blog posts on the subject at https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/col

For those interested in the topic of Sparta, I can highly recommend Bret C. Devereaux's series of blog posts on the subject at https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/ https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-p... (2019). It corrects many myths about the Spartans on the basis of the contemporary state of research.