Discover the life and legacy of Lycurgus, Sparta's legendary lawgiver, whose reforms forged a society of equality and military discipline.

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia ... were similar to those employed elsewhere in the Greek-speaking world. Hoplite warriors formed phalanxes, which advanced ...

Greek Hoplites were heavy infantry soldiers, citizen-soldiers who equipped themselves when called to fight for the poleis or ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen) in all Greece. They lived an austere life, despising any sort of luxury, in a city that contained ...

I feel just like a real scholar now,” I thought, snuggling into seat 29D with a paperback advance copy of Professor of ...

Then news reached him of an advancing Spartan army ... every city in Greece had sent a contingent to support the effort, and in total they numbered approximately 60,000 hoplites and 40,000 ...

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 ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta ... fear the Spartans had of ...