During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...

Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military prowess, as its soldiers were considered to be among the best in the ancient ...

Among the golden pages of the history of Ancient Greece there are pages blemished with the acts of traitors, men who betrayed ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...