Spartan men were known for their long, flowing hair, which became linked to the ancient Greek warriors in antiquity.

Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military ...

Popular culture has mythologised The Spartans as militaristic warriors but how much of what we think we know is actually true ...

Bagnall (The Punic Wars, 2005), a former British army chief of the general staff, completed this rigorous study of ancient Greece's 27-year civil war just before his death in 2002. A seminal event in ...

Explore the unique social and sexual freedoms of Spartan women, their roles in society, marriage customs, and the practice of ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

The Greek far-right party Spartans party appears to be in crisis after its leader suspended three of its MPs, accusing them of belonging to the 'mafia'. Vasilis Stigkas [Center] Photo: ...

Monterey >> People link arms when The Spartans play. They move together in an arc, east and west, then north and south, doing a traditional Greek folk dance, called Syrtos, popular at social ...

LANSING – If not for the influence of a Greek immigrant family in Lansing, Michigan State University fans might be stuck with a clunker of a nickname: The Staters. Imagine trying to fire up about a ...