The Spartan army clash with the Thebans and general Epaminondas at the Leuctra battlefield signified the end of Sparta's ...

The Spartan empire, though small compared to world empires, was large compared to those of their neighbors. They held it for hundreds of years. This was not an accident.

Spartan Race runner builds an empire. April 22, ... Spartan Race chief executive and co-founder Joe De Sena is releasing “Spartan Up!” a book that lays out the philosophy behind this movement.

Herodotus relates a curious scene, from the Ionian Revolt (499–493 B.C.) in Asia Minor, of Ionian Greek heralds under Aristagoras (the Ionian leader of Miletus) failing to enlist Spartan help—in part ...

Building a Spartan Empire. You may not know who Joe De Sena is, but you know about his brainchild: The Spartan Race. Here. Author: Burt Helm. Dec 4, 2017 6:37 PM EST.

Spartan staffers keep the helmet with the competitors throughout the Agoge; if anyone wants to quit, all they need to do is ring the bell. Now the bell is the finish line, and ringing it means ...

Spartan: Total Warrior is a ... As you might guess from the title, the game is set during the conflict between the Spartans and the massive Roman Empire. This is pretty familiar territory for ...

The Olympic Games of Antiquity were an exclusively male event, and women were prohibited from attending, whether as athletes or spectators; at least the gynaikes (married women), since Pausanias seems ...