Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military ...

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 Thermopylae in ...

Fierce? Yes. Tough? You bet. But the true history of the Greek civilization had a lot more nuance Myke Cole Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Sparta. The name alone brings up images of chiseled warriors in bronze helmets, standing firm against ...

Amid serene olive groves, I meandered through Greece’s ghostly ruins of ancient Sparta, its archeological rubble evidence of a militant society where school-aged boys were whipped bloody to toughen ...

Desire between men shapes the politics of ancient Sparta in Lloyd’s sprawling debut. Agesilaos outmaneuvers his brother’s illegitimate son to become king of Sparta with the help of his older “inspirer ...