We examine how many ships, such as the Triremes, the Spartans and their allies in the Peloponnesian League could field, at various times, including the Persian invasion of 490 BC, the attack on Troy, the Peloponnesian War, the Corinthian War and beyond.
In particular, we compare it to Athens during the major Peloponnesian Wars, and look at the allies Sparta had that could help it, such as Corinth.
All in the usual style of talking too fast, being a little too stupid and not taking things very seriously.
The Spartan Navy is usually treated as a joke, so I wanted to see how seriously we should take it. By not taking it seriously at all. Which makes a lot of sense, to someone, I'm sure. And that someone should have their head examined.
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Bibliography to make me feel like a real historian and not just someone with no knowledge and no sense of humor (although that would be more accurate):
Homer, The Iliad (if you need details on this one, you're probably here by chance)
Thucydides. The History of the Pelopenean War (again, if you haven't heard of it, you probably should)
Aneurin Ellis-Evans (2016). Mytilene, Lampsakos, Chios and the financing of the Spartan fleet. The Numismatic Chronicle, vol 176 pp 1-19
David M. Pritchard (2015). Public finances and war in ancient Greece. Greece and Rome Vol 62, pp 48-59
Thomas Kelly (1982). Thucydides and Spartan Strategy in Archimedes' War. The American Historical Review, vol 87, pages 25-54
Paul Cartledge. Sparta and Laconia: a regional history 1300-362 BC. Routledge, 2nd edition (2001).
John Nash (2018). Sea power in the Peloponnesian War. Naval College Review vol 71, pages 119-139
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