In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

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.

Unlike other Greeks, who only took up the spear when ... is a welcome corrective to the jingoism of 300. The case of ancient ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen) in all Greece. They lived an austere life, despising any sort of luxury, in a city that contained ...

Athenians may have hated Spartans so much they idolized ... The Dial of Destiny is real—and was found in an ancient shipwreck These ancient Greek weapons were literally toxic These ancient ...

Maza was a staple food in ancient Greece, typically made from barley flour mixed with water or wine. Often flavored with ...

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, the ...

Athens was democratic, its people voted rulers in, while Macedon was a dictatorship and Sparta was under military rule. Ancient Greece had a variety of systems. Apart from being great traders ...

In the ancient Greek world, it was Athens that threatened Sparta. In the late 19th Century, Germany challenged Britain. Today a rising China is potentially challenging the United States.