Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... The Peloponnesian War in which Athens fought Sparta began in 431 B.C. At the outset, the Athenian statesman Pericles ordered all inhabitants ...

The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as ...

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 ...

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 ...

In America, a new model is being proposed, one that harks back to the ancient world and the work of Thucydides, the historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Prof Graham ...

Yet Spartans too fell in battle – so how did ancient Sparta memorialise its wars and war dead? From the poet Tyrtaeus inspiring soldiers with rousing ... Same goes for the ancient Greeks, only more so ...

Like the struggle between the USA and the USSR in modern times, the rivalry between Athens and Sparta had become a Cold War, with each fighting the other only indirectly. So when the Sicilian city ...

Discover the life and legacy of Lycurgus, Sparta's legendary lawgiver, whose reforms forged a society of equality and ...