This the first episode of three in The Spartans, narrated by Historian Bettany Hughes. Hughes examines the evolution of Sparta and explains how Sparta evolved from a group of tribal villages concerned with farming and fighting into the most powerful force in the Ancient Greek world. Sparta's aim was to create a Utopian society modelled on the Hoplite phalanx; a disciplined and un-selfish collective.
Herodotus. (2013). The History of Herodotus. [Electronic version]. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2707/pg2707-i mages.htm