After an afternoon packed with parades, a pair of krewes will roll Saturday night on the Uptown route. Looking for another NOLA.com Parade Cam broadcast? Click here for the full schedule. The Spartan ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Spartan Society, comprised of the Knights of Sparta and the female Mystical Order of the Phoenix krewes, awarded $1,000 scholarships and Carnival parade rides to five ...

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

The Saturday, Feb. 3 parades will look a little different than past years with one longer line-up of krewes at an earlier time. Looking for another NOLA.com Parade Cam broadcast? Click here for the ...

A tough military society, Sparta had its own secret service, the Crypteia, specially trained young men for covert operations ...

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...