"It is remarkable that Sparta had no walls when all the other cities did," Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday in response to a ...

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

While ghastly even by ancient standards ... an impregnable city for the Helots right on Sparta’s doorstep. Now protected by ...

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.

The classics department hosted Dartmouth College’s Professor Paul Christesen to present his research into the origins and ...

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In Ancient Greece, Athens was known for its philosophers, scientists, and theorists of democracy. Sparta was known for its military prowess, its bravery and its ability to defend itself against ...

The tough Spartan soldier is one of the most enduring images from antiquity. Yet Spartans too fell in battle – so how did ancient Sparta memorialise its wars and war dead? From the poet Tyrtaeus ...