Were you taught about the Spartans in school history? Sparta was a small Greek state in 500BCE, situated in the south of ...

In 433 BC, when Athens signed a treaty of mutual protection with Corcyra (modern-day Corfu) - one of the few other city-states with a major navy of its own - Sparta and its allies interpreted the ...

There is little to see of Ancient Greece in modern-day Sparta—the stonework was recycled into a later part of this area’s extraordinary story. The Spartan society didn’t feel the need to build walls ...