Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

Laconic Greek, the dialect once spoken by the ancient Spartans, is one of the most fascinating examples of linguistic endurance. Despite centuries of historical upheavals, conquests, and the dominance ...

a temple of special significance to Spartan soldiers. Alamy/ACI In the same vein, various ancient philosophers and orators presented Sparta as a model of harmony and stability, in contrast to the ...