Parallels between the Peloponnesian War and the Ukraine conflict offer insights into power shifts, alliances and the cost of ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

The graves of 10 Revolutionary War veterans in the historic Sparta Cemetery are undergoing significant restoration led by the Sparta Cemetery Association. The work will be completed in time for a ...

He burst onto the scene in 425 B.C. during Sparta’s struggle against Athens in the Peloponnesian War, breaking through a large cordon with just 100 men to relieve the beleaguered city of Methone ...

The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as ...

The subtitle referred to a famous passage in Thucydides’s “History of the Peloponnesian War”: “It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in Sparta, that made war ...

It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404BC.

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia has announced the return of the ruthless Spartan warrior Kratos to PSP (PlayStation Portable) in God of War: Ghost of Sparta. Developed by Ready at Dawn, the ...

Sparta's Second Attic War, a volume in the “Yale Library of Military History”, is also a very good read for anyone interested in the idea of grand strategy. Note: Sparta's Second Attic War is also ...