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 ...

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Find out about their gods and the stories told about them. The ancient Greeks at war Learn about ancient Greek soldiers, the Spartan soldier state and read about famous Greek battles. What do we ...

Spartan women also had more freedom than other Greek women. For example, they could run the family farm. Spartan mothers told their sons before they left for battle, "Come back with your shield ...

The Apple TV+ drama Foundation is based on the books. Lycurgus references a mythological Greek lawmaker of the same name who is considered the architect of Sparta’s military-oriented lifestyle and ...

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

It was the year 467 BC when an enraged woman approached the door of the Temple of Athena Chalkioikos in Sparta and placed a ...

despite the authoritarian grip of Sparta on the Greek world. However, Sparta's dominance was not to last. Overextended and unable to adjust to new battle techniques, in 371 BC Spartan hoplites ...