Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at Thermopylae in ...

The alt-right and other fanatics of the ancient civilization are distorting history. Sparta can teach us how to rethink liberal democracy. The city of Sparta isn’t much to look at these days. A couple ...

In 1941, Nazi troops staged a propaganda stunt at Thermopylae to falsely claim the martial legacy of Ancient Sparta for the ...

Sparta: Ancient Wars had the fortune and misfortune to come in the wake of the worldwide box office phenomenon known as 300. Fortunately, thanks to 300, popular awareness of Sparta and its ancient ...

Sparta is a city in Laconia, on the Peloponnese in Greece. In antiquity, it was a powerful city-state with a famous martial tradition. Ancient writers sometimes referred to it as Lacedaemon and its ...

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

Located in a verdant, fertile valley, the famed ancient city-state of Sparta rose to prominence through the promotion of martial skills and the resultant prowess of its army. By the early part of the ...

Sparta’s class of elite warriors were freed from ordinary work, their needs met by slaves. The system had a built-in weakness ...

This is the latest edition of our series on underrated destinations, It’s Still a Big World. Few foreigners realize that Sparta still exists. The ancient city-state, which walked the line between ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Sparta: Ancient Wars has been in development for two years now, but very little of the game has been seen so far. WorldForge skipped an appearance at ...

Located in a verdant, fertile valley, the famed ancient city-state of Sparta rose to prominence through the promotion of martial skills and the resultant prowess of its army. By the early part of the ...