Sparta was famed for its austerity—its “spartan” character—was, and is, proverbial. A state run by an inflexible military regime, whose people existed almost entirely to serve the army ...

Were you taught about the Spartans in school history? Sparta was a small Greek state in 500BCE, situated in the south of ...

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government ... Rather like medieval knights, the Spartiates were a class of military professionals who lived most of their lives in communal barracks.