THOMAS GORDON. Major-General Thomas Gordon (1788 – 20 April 1841) was a British army officer and historian. He is remembered for his role in the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s and 1830s and his History of the war published in 1833. He wrote THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK REVOLUTION in which both volumes can be downloaded by clicking on: History…
PETER ADAMIS. Peter is a retired Australian ex-military serviceman of 30 years’ experience who upon leaving the Armed Forces was employed in a private capacity within the management industry at the organisational, environmental & occupational & training levels. He has been a manager, trainer, adviser and consultant in the welfare, business and community sectors and a…
This paper brings together the evidence for bridges in ancient and medieval Laconia. The immediate impetus for our discussion is our work on the publication of the BSA Laconia Survey.’ Through the medium of the bridges, some issues concerning communications in Laconia over this long span of history are addressed. Questions are also posed about…
Theodore Spyropoulos (Greek: ΘεόδωροςΣπυρόπουλος) is a Greek archaeologist who is also a regional official of Greece’s Central Archaeological Council. He is well known in the Laconian district of Pellana where he is credited with uncovering the lost Homeric capital of Laconia. Excavations at Pellana. Spyropoulos discovered an alternative site for the palace of Menelaus at Pellana located 25 kilometers north of Sparta. The site itself is…
I recall the astonishment with which I[1] first noted the unique position[2] of Sparta amongst the states of Hellas, the relatively sparse population,[3] and at the same time the extraordinary power and prestige of the community. I was puzzled to account for the fact. It was only when I came to consider the peculiar institutions of the Spartans…
The Cretan constitution nearly resembles the Spartan, and in some few points is quite as good; but for the most part less perfect in form. The older constitutions are generally less elaborate than the later, and the Lacedaemonian is said to be, and probably is, in a very great measure, a copy of the Cretan.…
In memory of its author: Arthur Smirnios Died 2014 PREFACE Unique aim and objective of this effort are the description of archaeological spaces and mainly historical makes that were also played, no only in the region of [Pellanas], but in entire northern [Lakedaimona], from the [proiostorikoys] years up to the [katareysi] of [Spartiatikoy] of state.…
