斯巴达：古代超级大国的兴衰Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient SuperpowerAndrew Bayliss

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company

Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 19, 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1324117516

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1324117513

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.4 inches

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书籍简介

一部关于古希腊具代表性的城邦——斯巴达的全新力作。

数千年来，古希腊城邦斯巴达一直被誉为战士社会。斯巴达战士飘逸的深红色斗篷和青铜盾牌，至今仍是男性英勇、严谨和坚韧的永恒象征；列奥尼达国王率领的300名战士在温泉关的英勇牺牲，更是战场上自我牺牲的典范。但斯巴达人究竟是怎样的人？他们又是如何从伯罗奔尼撒半岛一个不起眼的小村庄崛起，成为古希腊的军事霸主？在这部里程碑式的新作中，著名的斯巴达问题专家安德鲁·贝利斯以清晰透彻的笔触，描绘了一幅长期以来笼罩在神话之中的斯巴达文化和民族的复杂图景。

贝利斯巧妙地梳理了历史文献和现代考古证据，追溯了斯巴达城邦从伯罗奔尼撒半岛的一个小村落发展成为古希腊强大国家的过程中，其间不断变化的联盟和动荡的冲突。他以生动的细节描绘了塑造历史上著名军事强国战士的艰苦训练、严格的饮食习惯和极端的纪律。他还揭示了斯巴达社会中一些鲜为人知的方面，这些方面使其平等主义的声誉变得复杂，包括复杂的性别关系、巨大的财富不平等以及对奴隶劳动的残酷剥削。

贝利斯以精辟的分析阐明了斯巴达人如何凭借其无情的力量、军事野心和独特的排他性，取得了看似不可阻挡的崛起——以及这些因素如何导致了他们的覆灭。 《斯巴达》一书兼具引人入胜的魅力和翔实的知识，必将作为古代传奇文明之一——斯巴达——的历史著作，在未来数十年内屹立不倒，讲述其从辉煌崛起到令人震惊的衰落的全貌。

16页彩色插图；12页黑白插图；2幅地图

A major new history of ancient Greece’s most iconic city-state.

For thousands of years, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has been famed as the ultimate warrior society. The flowing crimson capes and bronze shields of Spartan warriors remain the enduring image of masculine bravery, austerity, and toughness; King Leonidas’s 300 soldiers at Thermopylae the quintessential example of courageous self-sacrifice in battle. But who were the Spartans, really―and how did they rise from a humble village in the Peloponnese to become the dominant military power of ancient Greece? In this landmark new history, renowned Sparta expert Andrew Bayliss delivers a strikingly clarifying, relentlessly complex portrait of a culture and people long shrouded in myth.

Sifting masterfully through historical records and modern archaeological evidence, Bayliss traces the shifting alliances and volatile conflicts Spartans faced during the city-state’s evolution from a minor hamlet in the Peloponnese to the foremost power of ancient Greece. In vivid detail, Bayliss brings to life the excruciating training, rigid dietary habits, and extreme discipline that molded the warriors of history’s most renowned military power. He also lays bare lesser-known aspects of Spartan society that complicate its egalitarian reputation, including complex gender dynamics, stark wealth inequality, and its brutal exploitation of slave labor.

With incisive analysis, Bayliss illuminates how the Spartans’ ruthless might, unparalleled military ambition, and singular exclusivity fueled their seemingly unstoppable rise―and how those same factors became their undoing. Enthralling and informative in equal measure, Sparta will stand for decades as the definitive history of one of antiquity’s most legendary civilizations―from its meteoric rise to its surprising downfall.

16 pages of color illustrations; 12 black-and-white illustrations; 2 maps

作者简介

安德鲁·贝利斯是伯明翰大学希腊历史副教授，同时也是该校古典学、古代史和考古学系主任。他曾为BBC历史杂志和天空历史频道撰稿。他现居英国切尔滕纳姆。

Andrew Bayliss is an associate professor in Greek history and head of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. He has written for BBC History Magazine and Sky History. He lives in Cheltenham, England.