Leaving neither monuments nor epics, Sparta’s enduring legacy is a military ideal, embodied in Leonidas, hero of Thermopylae, commemorated here in a statue in the modern city of Sparta in Greece.

The myth of Sparta’s martial prowess owes much ... bone whose biographies offer important lessons for modern people about heroism and military cunning as well as all-too-human blundering.

In reality Isagoras ruled as the head of an oligarchy of three hundred noblemen, who in turn relied upon the military backing of Sparta. Under instructions from the Spartan king, Cleomenes ...

Add to that the SR-18 Roadblock heavy armor, consisting of a Spartan-style crested helmet and beefy pauldrons, and you can kit yourself out like a tanky, hellenic super-soldier of the future.

Aerial reconnaissance of the Spartan Brigade has recorded how the Russians send their wounded soldiers limping on homemade ...

Their biggest enemy were the Persians, who came from an area around modern day Iran ... was the phalanx that won many famous battles. Spartan soldiers wore red cloaks, so bloodstains wouldn ...

Their biggest enemy were the Persians, who came from an area around modern day Iran ... was the phalanx that won many famous battles. Spartan soldiers wore red cloaks, so bloodstains wouldn ...