In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

The Archeological Museum of Sparta is located in the modern city of Sparta, which was established in 1834 and built over much of ancient Sparta. (Photo by Norma Meyer) Although the museum spans ...

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 ...

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Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece, but the impact of its unique culture is impossible to ignore.

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government. Two kings ruled the city, but a 28-member 'council of elders' limited their powers. These men were recruited from the highest social class ...

It is widely believed that there were more poets in Sparta during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. than in any other Greek city-state. Full citizens had ample time for entertainments because ...

Unfortunately, when he reached Sparta, the city was in the middle of a religious ... Although probably the greatest runner of ancient Greece, it was not Phidippides who ran what we call a marathon.