Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia ... bearing all the objects that the company might need. Spartan wearing a Corinthian helmet and wrapped in a cape.

King Agesilaus II—who led the Spartan Army at the peak of its power in the fourth century B.C.—proclaimed that one of Sparta’s greatest ... traditions, from ancient Rome to medieval France ...

Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been ... he won the central Greek city of Megara to Sparta’s cause, then marched north, cleverly ...

Asked why it was dishonorable to return without a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 - 491) is said to have replied: "Because the latter they put on for their own ...

Asked why it was dishonorable to return without a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 - 491) is said to have replied: "Because the latter they put on for their own ...