Sparta was a society with too many institutional checks and balances, and Athens was a society with...
Sparta
The agoge was at its height during the Classical Period and was praised as the ideal form...
The Spartan Eurypontid king Agesilaus led two expeditions against Thebes but achieved little. Introduction and Background The...
Ancient Sparta could be considered the most fully-realized form of gerontocracy that any state has ever implemented....
At school, we have all studied the amazing history of the two most important city-states in Greece,...
The apogee of one’s training was to comprehend the laws and to be a vital member of...
The Lacedaemonians abandoned the grand strategy they had articulated early on. Introduction In ancient Lacedaemon, as in...
The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
The battle of Leuctra was fought in 371 BCE and represents a turning point in Greek history....
Modern scholars have debated the exact nature of the Spartan krypteia, a group of young men who...
Spartan ruins / Photo by Ronny Siegel, Wikimedia Commons Spartan women enjoyed status, power, and respect that...
Statue of Spartan King Leonidas I who fell at Thermopylae in the famous “Last Stand” Lecture by...