Hundreds of years ago, three hundred Spartan warriors marched into a war that seemed impossible to win, into a victory over history, geography and time, that has brought them into our lives today.

Vividly describing their training - physical, mental, moral, and cultural this book is an almost spiritual [read- connecting to a higher purpose] look at Spartan life.

Gates of Fire is required reading for all who desire to fight life's battles with dignity, courage, and the highest moral values.


Thanks to realistic and well-rounded characters described by the author, Pressfield, the fascinating lives of Spartans and other communities in Greece take us away to that time, and then bring us back, creating a lingering sense of continuity.

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
~Ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
~Ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece