After Rome conquered Ancient Greece, it turned Sparta into a theme park, with performances for tourists showcasing its ...

They lived an austere life, despising any sort of luxury, in a city that contained neither walls, nor grand buildings. Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports ...

A Portrait of Sinclair Lewis,” a one-man play celebrating the influential author known for his satirical and humorous ...

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 ...