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A historian looks at the plague that hit Ancient Athens and explains how a massive government spending plan backfired 2,500 years ago. 

Elon Musk "prayed for peace" between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday by sharing on X an inspiring story from ancient Sparta. The business magnate highlighted...

Located off the northeast Caribbean coast of Venezuela is a state with the surprising name of "Nueva Esparta," or "New Sparta."

Greek runner Fotis Zisimopoulos won the 41st Spartathlon, the historic ultra-marathon race from Athens to Sparta, on Sunday. The Spartathlon revives the footsteps of Pheidippides, an...

Athenaeus of Naucratis in his famous work Deipnosophistae stated sarcastically that the fault of the decline of Sparta lay with its cooks, who, because...

Hundreds of ultra-marathon runners are taking part in the historic Spartathlon race from Athens to Sparta that started on Saturday. The Spartathlon is a historic...

Spartan society was very different from the rest in Greece, an example was the absence of walls, the city was protected only by its soldiers.

King Leonidas of Sparta, left with only a few fighters from the original 300 at Thermopylae, gave a speech with great motivational power.

The educated, powerful, noble women of Ancient Sparta enjoyed far more freedom and independency than in any other Greek city-state. Conversely, women in other regions...

The story of Aristodemus of Sparta, who was branded a traitor but eventually turned a hero, is one of the Battle of Thermopylae's sub-chapters. Nearly...