An 1888 illustration shows a bust of the ancient Greek historian and general Thucydides, known as “the father of scientific history.” Science Photo Library Herodotus tells us the two Spartan ...

King Agesilaus II—who led the Spartan Army at the peak of its power in the fourth century B.C.—proclaimed that one of Sparta’s greatest strengths was its citizens’ “contempt of pleasure.” ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

Michigan State wide receiver Nick Marsh is entering his second season in East Lansing and looking to back up his record-setting freshman campaign. After a third ...

Former Michigan State guard Tre Holloman has found a new home for his senior season after spending the past three in East ...