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Paul Anthony Cartledge

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March 23, 1947 in The United Kingdom

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male

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http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/faculty/staff-bio...

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History, Politics

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Paul Anthony Cartledge is the 1st A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge. He was educated at St Paul's School & New College, Oxford where he took his 1st degree & completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology in 1975 under Prof. Sir John Boardman. After a period at the University of Warwick he moved in 10/79 to Cambridge University where he's a fellow of Clare College.
He's a world expert on Athens & Sparta in the Classical Age & has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks & the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes. He's also a holder o...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 1,000 ratings · 132 reviews · 36 distinct works

	The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-heroes of Ancient Greece 3.72 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Alexander the Great 3.60 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World 3.61 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities 3.03 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Spartan Reflections 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Democritus 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Hellenistic and Roman Sparta by Paul Anthony Cartledge, Antony Spawforth 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	My rating:

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