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

The assembly responded by declaring war on Sparta. Pericles insisted that Athens would win the war by superior planning. To be successful the Athenians must abandon the surrounding land and ...

A serious road accident occurred in the early hours near Sparta, leaving three men unconscious after their vehicle veered off the road ...

Unlike Athens to the north, Sparta was famed for its austerity—its “spartan” character—was, and is, proverbial. A state run by an inflexible military regime, whose people existed almost ...

The map below shows the location of Athens and Sparta. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

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 399 BCE, Athens put one of its greatest thinkers, Socrates, on trial. The charges? Corrupting the youth and disrespecting ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

The map below shows the location of Sparta and Athens. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...