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This Is Sparta: What the Movie Gets Right, Wron...
The Spartans really did kill the Persian messenger. Then they spent years racked with guilt and sent two of their own citizens to Persia to be executed as compensation. The...
This Is Sparta: What the Movie Gets Right, Wron...
The Spartans really did kill the Persian messenger. Then they spent years racked with guilt and sent two of their own citizens to Persia to be executed as compensation. The...
The Spartan Military: How the Ancient World's M...
Spartan hoplites carried the same spear, sword, and shield as every other Greek soldier. The difference was that Sparta fielded the only professional standing army in the Greek world. Same...
The Spartan Military: How the Ancient World's M...
Spartan hoplites carried the same spear, sword, and shield as every other Greek soldier. The difference was that Sparta fielded the only professional standing army in the Greek world. Same...
Helots: The Enslaved People Who Explain Everyth...
Every distinctive feature of Spartan society was built to solve one problem: how to stop the people who outnumbered them seven to one from burning the whole thing down.
Helots: The Enslaved People Who Explain Everyth...
Every distinctive feature of Spartan society was built to solve one problem: how to stop the people who outnumbered them seven to one from burning the whole thing down.
The Battle of Thermopylae: The Truth Behind the...
Everyone knows the 300 Spartans died at Thermopylae. Almost nobody knows they were the smallest contingent. The 700 Thespians who volunteered to die beside them don't even appear in the...
The Battle of Thermopylae: The Truth Behind the...
Everyone knows the 300 Spartans died at Thermopylae. Almost nobody knows they were the smallest contingent. The 700 Thespians who volunteered to die beside them don't even appear in the...
Spartan Helmets: What Sparta's Warriors Actuall...
The helmet everyone pictures when they think of Sparta is actually a Corinthian helmet, and the Spartans eventually stopped wearing it. Here's what they really wore, why they changed, and...
Spartan Helmets: What Sparta's Warriors Actuall...
The helmet everyone pictures when they think of Sparta is actually a Corinthian helmet, and the Spartans eventually stopped wearing it. Here's what they really wore, why they changed, and...
Spartan Women: The Most Powerful Women in Greece
They owned 40 per cent of the land. They trained with javelin and discus. They told their sons to come home with their shields or on them. Spartan women were...
Spartan Women: The Most Powerful Women in Greece
They owned 40 per cent of the land. They trained with javelin and discus. They told their sons to come home with their shields or on them. Spartan women were...
