Alain BressonStephen Hodkinson is an internationally recognised authority on Sparta and the founder of the University of Nottingham's Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies. Author of numerous influential studies on Greek history, his Property and Wealth inClassical Sparta (CPW, 2000) is the leading work in its field. He has been made an Honorary Citizen of modern Sparta for his contributions to the global understanding of Spartan history. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nottingham. Chrysanthi Gallou is a leading specialist in Aegean prehistory, especially in the archaeology of Sparta and Lakonia. She is Director of the University of Nottingham's Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies. Author of many studies on the Greek Bronze and Early Iron Ages, her monograph Death in Mycenaean Laconia: A silent place (2020) is the first book-length study of the Late Bronze Age burial tradition in the southeastern Peloponnese. She is currently Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Read More Read Less