Sparta—once a dominant military power in ancient Greece,collapsed not from conquest, but from deep internal weaknesses. In this video, we explore why one of history’s most feared warrior societies ...

Ultimately, however Sparta's downfall came, not from Athens, but from a city named Thebes. Spurred on by Spartan king Agesilaus II, relations between the two cities had become increasingly hostile ...

(2) The front lines made use of their shields ... they would send a representative to negotiate the handover with the king of Sparta. The bodies of the fallen Spartans were carried on their ...