Drevniaia Sparta i ee geroi - Pechatnova L.

Sparta held a special position among Greek policies. Here, for the first time in history, the principle of absolute equality of all full citizens was implemented. A side effect of this was the suppression of any attempts to stand out from the general mass. Even the leaders of Sparta, Geronta and Ephoras, with rare exceptions, are not known to us, and the few kings whose names have reached us have usually ended tragically. King Cleomen was forced to commit suicide, without trial executed regent Pavsania and King Agis, sentenced to life exile of kings Plistoanak and Pavsany, deprived of the throne of Demarat and Leotiheed, sent with small detachments to the certain death of King Leonid and Commander Lysandra. The book by Larissa Pechatnova tells about how equalization ideas made the outstanding leaders of the country persona non grata and eventually led the party to degeneration. Larisa Pechatnova is a doctor of historical sciences and professor in the Department of History of Ancient Greece and Rome at St. Petersburg State University.