Amid serene olive groves, I meandered through Greece’s ghostly ruins of ancient Sparta, its archeological rubble evidence of ...

In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

King Agesilaus II—who led the Spartan Army at the peak of its power in the fourth century B.C.—proclaimed that one of Sparta’s greatest ... traditions, from ancient Rome to medieval France ...

A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen of Sparta ...

Day 6: Sparta and Mystras We didn’t let the 103-degree heat stop us from seeing Sparta and Mystras today! In the morning, we were guided through the ruins of ancient Sparta and then took a short bus ...

Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Corinth, and Sparta offers plenty of fun ... like rock with a stone town at its base, has ruins all across its Masada-like summit.

Amid serene olive groves, I meandered through Greece’s ghostly ruins of ancient Sparta, its archeological rubble evidence of a militant society where school-aged boys were whipped bloody to ...