"It is remarkable that Sparta had no walls when all the other cities did," Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday in response to a ...

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

The classics department hosted Dartmouth College’s Professor Paul Christesen to present his research into the origins and ...

In Ancient Greece, Athens was known for its philosophers, scientists, and theorists of democracy. Sparta was known for its military prowess, its bravery and its ability to defend itself against ...

Women in Ancient Greece had limited rights, particularly in Athens, where they were often regarded as property. However, in ...

There was never one country called ‘ancient Greece’. Greece was divided up into small city-states: Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So, ancient Greeks living in Sparta considered themselves ...

Unfortunately, when he reached Sparta, the city was in the middle ... Although probably the greatest runner of ancient Greece, it was not Phidippides who ran what we call a marathon.

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

Wars are no longer merely battles of physical strength. They are conflicts in which intelligence, technology, and science ...