In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

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 ...

Bek's long-standing Sister City relationship with Sparta, Greece is in jeopardy, with councillors set to vote on a ...

This symbol sends the message that enslaving indigenous people and excluding women from the military are acceptable,” said ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

Amid serene olive groves, I meandered through Greece’s ghostly ruins of ancient Sparta, its archeological rubble evidence of ...