They lived an austere life, despising any sort of luxury ... Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers ...

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 ...

Former Michigan State Spartans forward Branden Dawson will officially be leaving professional basketball as he announced his ...

Were you taught about the Spartans in school history? Sparta was a small Greek state in 500BCE, situated in the south of ...