Cinadon’s conspiracy and attempted coup reveal deep social tensions in ancient Sparta and a swift, disciplined response to ...

Sparta is a city in Laconia, on the Peloponnese in Greece. In antiquity, it was a powerful city-state with a famous martial tradition. Ancient writers sometimes referred to it as Lacedaemon and ...

The Spartan army clash with the Thebans and general Epaminondas at the Leuctra battlefield signified the end of Sparta's ...

SPARTA, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- One New Jersey neighborhood was too big, and one was too small, but a mother bear and her cubs found a tree in a neighborhood that was just right. As CBS 2's Christine ...

In Defense of Sparta The alt-right and other fanatics of the ancient civilization are distorting history. Sparta can teach us how to rethink liberal democracy.

The iconic city-state may have fallen nearly 2,400 years ago, but today, 2,000 people still speak the language of these ancient warriors.

The Siege of Sparta, by Pyrrhus. Public domain/Wikipedia Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration.

Photos reveal what may be the long-lost palace of Sparta, one of the most famous civilizations in ancient Greece. The palace and striking artifacts may shed light on a mysterious period in the ...

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 ...

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 ...