About the Author

SCOTT RUSCH studied Greek and Roman history at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his Ph.D. His dissertation explored Greek military operations during the Peloponnesian War, a valuable preparation for this work. He has written on ancient military history for many publications.

Reviews

"Author Scott M. Rusch presents students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with an examination of the city-state of Sparta in times of war over the two centuries between 550 and 362 BCE. The author has organized the main body of his text in twelve chapters devoted to Messenians and Athenians, the Persian invasions, the end of the Spartan Empire, and a wide variety of other related subjects. The author is an independent scholar and historian"-- "ProtoView"