Thailand is set to make waves in the sports world by hosting two prestigious events: the Amazing Spartan Race and the inaugural Tough Mudder. These competitions are designed to elevate the nation's ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and death ...

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 ...

Here’s everything you need to know… Each DEKA race consists of 10 functional fitness stations known as the ‘DEKA zones’ (the word ‘DEKA’ is Greek ... head to the Spartan website ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen) in all Greece. They lived ... the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told ...