Fact or Fiction: The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) between Greeks and Persians is known for two things: an utter Greek defeat leading to the "Persian Destruction of Athens" and arguably the most ...

Outnumbered and undaunted, Spartan warriors and other Greek troops held firm in the face of Persia's might, until treachery brought King Xerxes' fury down upon them in 480 B.C. Undaunted“By this time ...

In history, few replies have ever carried as much weight, defiance, and wit as a single word once uttered by the Spartans: ...

Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that the movie 300 isn't about a perfect game of bowling but is a super-macho, pro-war re-imagining of the ancient battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. In that ...

According to legend, at the battle of Thermopylae, the Persians’ king, Xerxes, threatened to fire so many arrows at the Spartan soldiers blocking his invasion of Greece that the shafts would darken ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The helmeted, but naked figure of the warrior king of Sparta, Leonidas, holding a shield and carrying a sword in the ...

A seemingly drunk man did his best impression of Leonidas from hit movie 300, shouting, "This is Sparta" while allegedly stealing a bottle of vodka. The man was caught on camera running away from ...

Ancient Sparta’s influence is all around us, providing a litany of patron saints for spectacular last stands. There’s a word for this mania in Western cultures: laconophilia, taken from Laconia, the ...