Talk:Sparta
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Wikinfo:Classical definition of republic (http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Classical_definition_of_republic) for the true form of the Lacedæmonian government.
I'm inserting the article from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica for what its worth. Someone who knows the history should review this.
For some reason, I cannot edit this article. (This seems to be the case with all very long articles. Perhaps Netscape, or at least Netscape 4.7, is incompatible with what happens to the edit window when the article exceeds a certain size.) Anyway, I wanted to insert a section at the end that several cities in the United States are named Sparta, including Sparta, Michigan, Sparta, New Jersey, Sparta, Tennessee, and Sparta, Wisconsin. If someone else can do that, please do so. -- BRG
- Done. This entry is long, I'll see about chopping it up later. --maveric149
- History section moved to history of Sparta. --maveric149
This article features only ancient history. I wonder if modern history should go on the same page, or should the whole article be moved to a page called Ancient Sparta? Aggelophoros 02:02, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- What? There is a current city in Greece at the same site called Sparta? If so then add info to this article about it. --mav 06:11, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- Done! Aggelophoros 08:14, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I think that the portions on the ancient Spartans should be moved to a page called History of Sparta. Take a look at the Athens article and see how they do it. jpbrenna
routtoves appears to be a scano of a Greek word. I suspect elattones, which means "lesser", but without a hardcopy of the 1911 I can't be sure. Can someone who has one look it up? -phma 01:30, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
The section on "The Spartan cosmos" often switches back and forth between present and past tense. I'll change it all into past unless someone thinks there's a reason for this or it should all be in the present. Fpahl 13:54, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Rename
I think that all the ancient history and stuff should be all be moved to its own article titled Lacedæmonia. That way things are seperate. Lacedæmonia was the ancient name and most people called it that way. How about a consensus for this? WHEELER 00:25, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Athens did not rise after Sparta
I believe the article incorrectly states that Athens did not rise after Sparta. Athens was THE superpower, then Sparta's power increased. Finally the 2 powers met in the 27 year long Peloponnesian wars, of which Sparta was the victor. Following their success, Athens was subjugated by Sparta. Afew years later Athens regained their freedom, however it was mainly Thebes who ultimately brought down the Spartan leadership over Greece, under the command of Epaminondas. So I was about to correct this error, but figured I would verify with you other editors. 134.210.195.109 01:26, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Clean-Up
Most of the historical stuff in this article needs to be eliminated and instead included in History of Sparta. Sooner the better. Decius 06:32, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)