This exploration goes past the legendary Battle of Thermopylae to uncover the real values behind Spartan discipline and ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

Ancient Greek helmets are iconic symbols of warrior culture and military strategy, with each design serving a specific ...

Epaminondas was a general and statesman who beat the Spartans and for a short period made Thebes the greatest power in Greece ...

What is the legacy of Tyrtaeus, the Spartan poet whose powerful verses inspired warriors and shaped the soul of ancient ...

These Spartans, not particularly better or worse than any other ancient warriors, are just a handful of many examples that paint the real, and utterly average, picture of Spartan arms.

Modern Sparta can be seen in the background from a slope of Sparta’s Acropolis. The newer Sparta was constructed over much of the ancient settlement. (Photo by Norma Meyer) ...

The ancient Spartans always figure in school histories as stern ascetics. But they were huge feeders, that is certain, and much of their abstinence was sheer affectation.