Companies are in a frenzy right now, releasing as many video games as possible in the lead-up to holiday shopping for the Xbox 360, PS 3 and Wii. But two significant hand-held games shouldn't get ...

The iconic city-state may have fallen nearly 2,400 years ago, but today, 2,000 people still speak the language of these ancient warriors.

Laconia is the historic hinterland of Sparta, from which we derive the word “laconic”—to speak concisely, as the Spartans were said to do.

Daily life in ancient Sparta supported the military machine to the point where all other aspects of life revolved around it. From the time a Spartan was born to their death, they served the state ...

The Knights of Sparta parade rolls on the Uptown New Orleans route on Feb. 19, 2022, to the theme "The Art of Making Art." For the first time, the krewe included female members from the Order of ...

King Agesilaus II—who led the Spartan Army at the peak of its power in the fourth century B.C.—proclaimed that one of Sparta’s greatest strengths was its citizens’ “contempt of pleasure ...

The most unforgettable productions of “The Globe Theatre” took center stage as the Knights of Sparta presented their 66th annual bal masque, staged Friday evening in the Great Hall of the ...