Sparta was a powerful ancient European empire known for its military prowess and unique social structure. Despite its military capability and strategy, the Spartan empire began to decline in 371 BC,...
Category: Spartans
Few civilizations have made a more significant impact on history than Sparta, a militaristic unified city-state of Laconia. Known as warriors, the Spartans employed a unique political system that...
Rome and Sparta had some of the most legendary fighting forces in the ancient world. The two empires also existed in close geographical proximity to one another. Inevitably, this gives rise to...
Most people have heard of the famous Spartan warriors who were as ferocious and renowned for their fighting skills as any warrior class in the world. Sparta’s entire culture focused on battle...
What scholars and historians know about the Spartans comes from statues erected of them and surviving literature from the period. However, at least one figure of a Spartan officer depicts the man...
The widespread mental image most people seem to have of Spartans is of athletically built, muscular men wearing little more than loincloths and red capes. While it may be a very attractive and...