Ancient Greece was never a centralized and united country. It was a network of dispersed city-states, called polis or poleis ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

Alamy/ACI In the same vein, various ancient philosophers and orators presented Sparta as a model of harmony and stability, in contrast to the constant uprisings experienced by other Greek cities.

For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

The Battle of Tegyra in 375 B.C. proved that the legendary Spartan army could be defeated. A thousand Spartan soldiers, trained for combat from the age of 7, were returning from an expedition when ...

"Arcane" producer Fortiche Production revealed its next project at the Annecy Animation Festival today, a sci-fi animated feature titled "Penelope of Sparta" set in a world inspired by Greek ...

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 ...

“Arcane” producer Fortiche Production revealed its next project at the Annecy Animation Festival today, a sci-fi animated feature titled “Penelope of Sparta” set in a world inspired by ...