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

Little did Leonidas know that over 2,500 years later, "Molon Lave" would be used as a global marketing tool -from weapons to ...

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 ...

Nabis, the last king of Sparta, is often described as both a king and a tyrant, depending on the perspective and sources.

Legendary for their ferocious combat skills, the Spartans built a warrior culture in ancient Greece unsurpassed for its courage and military prowess. Eminent historian Cartledge (Spartan Reflections) ...

An ancient Greek palace filled with cultic objects and clay tablets written in a lost script may be the long-lost palace of Mycenaean Sparta, one of the most famous civilizations of ancient Greece.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Those who study Greek mythology may have noticed similarities between towns like Homer, Castor, Alexandria, Athens, Eros, Sparta, Urania and Arcadia, Louisiana, and the ...

While laying electrical cables beneath a street in Italy, workers unearthed three ancient tombs filled with relics and remains. The burial site — believed to date back at least more than 2,000 years — ...