place
Sparta
The Lacedaemonian city, byword for hard discipline.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 38 §13 Spartan
Of Sparta (Lacedaemon), byword for stern and rugged military discipline.
- The History of Rome, Book 39 §38 Sparta
The ancient city of Laconia, here invoked as Lycurgus's wall-less, free commonwealth.