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Spartan Agoge/Up-bringing
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Ariovistus Togodubnus post=347520 Wrote:Does anybody know of any good sources or books on the Spartan training regimen, both for youths coming through the agoge and/or the Peers. I would like something that details specific parts of their everyday training not just explaining what the Agoge is.
The Osprey Spartan Warrior book is all about this. I have included a detailed Further Reading section.

Spartan Warrior is an excellent book, I've read mine several times over and keep it handy as a reference. Makes a great companion to Lazenby's Spartan Army.
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Mark Hayes

"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades

"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
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Spartan Agoge/Up-bringing - by Jack Rizzio - 12-05-2013, 01:38 AM
Spartan Agoge/Up-bringing - by D B Campbell - 12-05-2013, 08:12 AM
Spartan Agoge/Up-bringing - by Dithyrambus - 12-06-2013, 02:21 AM
Spartan Agoge/Up-bringing - by hoplite14gr - 12-08-2013, 10:22 PM
Spartan Agoge/Up-bringing - by Tai Drury - 12-09-2013, 03:23 PM

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