The ancient city-state, which walked the line ... two-and-a-half hour drive from Athens. ADVERTISEMENT Laconia is the historic hinterland of Sparta, from which we derive the word “laconic ...

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"We have shown that we can do the job." But Sparta? The ancient city-state was famed for its grim, fearless warriors who blunted the advance of the Persian empire and went on to later briefly ...

Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up for the last two and a half millennia as the unmatched warrior city-state, where every male ...

The ancient Greek city state of Sparta has given mainlanders an innovative way of venting their discontent over the Communist Party's 18th national congress without being snared by the online police.

Sparta began a rapid decline after the city-state of Thebes inflicted a shocking defeat at the Battle of Leuctra. But how did Sparta emerge into the power that it did? A curious group of ...

Sparta’s famous militarism was inseparable from the all-consuming fear the Spartans had of their oppressed neighbors. Unlike other Greeks, who only took up the spear when their city went to war ...