Popular culture has mythologised The Spartans as militaristic warriors who enjoyed nothing more than battling to the death. But how much of what we think we know is actually true? And what can modern ...

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

Monterey >> People link arms when The Spartans play. They move together in an arc, east and west, then north and south, doing a traditional Greek folk dance, called Syrtos, popular at social ...

Bagnall (The Punic Wars, 2005), a former British army chief of the general staff, completed this rigorous study of ancient Greece's 27-year civil war just before his death in 2002. A seminal event in ...

The Greek far-right party Spartans party appears to be in crisis after its leader suspended three of its MPs, accusing them of belonging to the 'mafia'. Vasilis Stigkas [Center] Photo: ...

LANSING – If not for the influence of a Greek immigrant family in Lansing, Michigan State University fans might be stuck with a clunker of a nickname: The Staters. Imagine trying to fire up about a ...