The old city was largely abandoned in the 19th century when residents moved to what’s now modern Sparta. ... Greece, is painted with extensive murals that date back to the Middle Ages.

An earthquake in Sparta in the year 464 BCE started a series of events which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War.

Ancient Greek military thinking and strategy presents useful lessons for modern military theorists and practitioners.

Amid serene olive groves, I meandered through Greece’s ghostly ruins of ancient Sparta, its archeological rubble evidence of a militant society where school-aged boys were whipped bloody to toughen ...