The Spartans raised their children to be tough and stoic servants of the state. Boys were sent to train as soldiers from a ...

On the eve of the Peloponnesian War in 432 BC, the wise king of Sparta, Archidamus, was summoned to address a clash between the Corinthians and Athenians. Corinth, an ally of Sparta, warned that ...

Archaeologists discover palace with archaic inscriptions built during the Mycenaean period Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions ...

The city state of Sparta, in many respects, was different from Athens. Geographically it was situated in a mountainous area which isolated it from other cities. The state was founded in 10th century ...

The recent discovery of the ancient palace near Sparta might help archaeologists provide an insight into one of the most mysterious civilizations in Greek history. Greek Ministry of Culture A team of ...

Sparta’s class of elite warriors were freed from ordinary work, their needs met by slaves. The system had a built-in weakness.

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 ...

In Ancient Greece, men expressed status, masculinity, political preferences, and warrior identity across the centuries ...