Sparta was famed for its austerity—its “spartan” character—was, and is, proverbial. A state run by an inflexible military regime, whose people existed almost entirely to serve the army ...

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

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

Military physical training, especially the kind inspired by the rigorous Spartan discipline, is about much more than building ...

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government ... Rather like medieval knights, the Spartiates were a class of military professionals who lived most of their lives in communal barracks.

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government ... Rather like medieval knights, the Spartiates were a class of military professionals who lived most of their lives in communal barracks.