Timothy Doran (Ph.D. 2011, Berkeley) is Assistant Professor of Ancient History and Big History at California State University - Los Angeles. His most recent publications on Spartan history have appeared in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte and Ancient History Bulletin.

"Doran has succeeded in stressing the importance of phenomena that must have played a great role in the decline of the Spartan state. One of the positive features of the book is that Doran himself does not overestimate the signifi cance of his favourite causes of oliganthropia. Furthermore, he obviously has a very good command of relevant scholarly literature, his occasional criticisms are polite and respectful, he never pretends (so far as I can see) that a relevant controversy does not exist, and he succeeds in drawing our attention to aspects that have been rather neglected so far. The result is a praiseworthy achievement indeed."- Pavel Nývlt, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, in: EIRENE, Studia Graeca et Latina, 56 (2020).

• Spartan OliganthropiaTimothy DoranAbstractKeywords1 Introduction2 Caveats, Mirages, and Mirageism3 “The Numbers.” The Shape of Population Decline: The Ancient Evidence4 Mechanisms Producing Oliganthropia: Wealth Concentration and Demotion5 Sub-Replacement Fertility and Its Discontents6 Oliganthropia, Female Status, and Spartiate Eugenic Exclusivity7 Results of Oliganthropia: The Rise of the Marginal Classes8 Results of Oliganthropia: The Breakdown of the Spartan State9 Conclusion and PerspectivesReferences

Timothy Doran (Ph.D. 2011, Berkeley) is Assistant Professor of Ancient History and Big History at California State University - Los Angeles. His most recent publications on Spartan history have appeared in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte and Ancient History Bulletin.

"Doran has succeeded in stressing the importance of phenomena that must have played a great role in the decline of the Spartan state. One of the positive features of the book is that Doran himself does not overestimate the signifi cance of his favourite causes of oliganthropia. Furthermore, he obviously has a very good command of relevant scholarly literature, his occasional criticisms are polite and respectful, he never pretends (so far as I can see) that a relevant controversy does not exist, and he succeeds in drawing our attention to aspects that have been rather neglected so far. The result is a praiseworthy achievement indeed."- Pavel Nývlt, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, in: EIRENE, Studia Graeca et Latina, 56 (2020).

• Spartan OliganthropiaTimothy DoranAbstractKeywords1 Introduction2 Caveats, Mirages, and Mirageism3 “The Numbers.” The Shape of Population Decline: The Ancient Evidence4 Mechanisms Producing Oliganthropia: Wealth Concentration and Demotion5 Sub-Replacement Fertility and Its Discontents6 Oliganthropia, Female Status, and Spartiate Eugenic Exclusivity7 Results of Oliganthropia: The Rise of the Marginal Classes8 Results of Oliganthropia: The Breakdown of the Spartan State9 Conclusion and PerspectivesReferences