title: Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation
author:  Philip Matyszak 
description: Essential contribution to the literature of the ancient world (<i>Books Monthly</i>)<br /><br />Matyszak offers a goodly number of interesting insights, often in amusing fashion (e.g., Lycurguss rules on coins, centuries before they were invented, suggesting some tinkering with the historical record by later Spartans). While written primarily for the layman, Sparta will prove useful reading for anyone with an interest in Ancient Greece. (<i>The NYMAS Review,Winter 2018</i>)
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  **The Falcon of Sparta**
  
  
  CONN IGGULDEN
  
  
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  To my son Cameron,
  
  
  who came with me to Sparta.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In 401 BC, the Persian king ruled an empire from the Aegean to northern India.
  As many as fifty million people were his subjects – and his armies were vast.
  
  
  Working together on land and sea, only Sparta and Athens ever turned them
  back.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](Prologue.xhtml#pro)
  
  
  [PART ONE](Part01.xhtml#pt1)
  
  
  [Chapter 1](Chapter01.xhtml#ch1)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](Chapter02.xhtml#ch2)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](Chapter03.xhtml#ch3)
  
  
  [Chapter 4](Chapter04.xhtml#ch4)
  
  
  [Chapter 5](Chapter05.xhtml#ch5)
  
  
  [Chapter 6](Chapter06.xhtml#ch6)
  
  
  [Chapter 7](Chapter07.xhtml#ch7)
  
  
  [Chapter 8](Chapter08.xhtml#ch8)
  
  
  [Chapter 9](Chapter09.xhtml#ch9)
  
  
  [Chapter 10](Chapter10.xhtml#ch10)
  
  
  [Chapter 11](Chapter11.xhtml#ch11)
  
  
  [Chapter 12](Chapter12.xhtml#ch12)
  
  
  [Chapter 13](Chapte