'This mystery exercise, used by wrestlers like Milo and gladiators like Spartacus, was ditch digging. Digging with a shovel ...

The Spartans raised their children to be tough and stoic servants of the state. Boys were sent to train as soldiers from a ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region ... Tholos in the Sanctuary of Athena at Delphi. [T]heir training was calculated to make them obey commands well ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single ... Only those who went through this gruelling training system were considered true Spartan citizens. It was a hard life. A boy was only allowed one ...

King Agesilaus II—who led the Spartan Army at the peak of its power ... style would prove central to many poetic traditions, from ancient Rome to medieval France to Renaissance England and ...