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

Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...

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

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

The Peloponnesian War shows how fear, ambition, and mistrust can escalate into full-scale conflict. Thucydides’ trap helps us ...

Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military prowess, as its soldiers were considered to be among the best in the ancient ...

This week, the Florida Board of Education approved the full list of standards students can be expected to learn as part of a ...

SPARTA − It was one year ago that West Milford suffered one of its most devastating football losses in recent memory. A hook-and-lateral trick play in the final seconds lifted Nutley to an improbable ...

The first possession of the game went to the Spartans, and they had the opportunity to impress the Spartan Nation. But the patience of fans was already very thin, and when the Spartans' quarterback ...

Coming into this week, Michigan State University is 3-6 with six conference losses. This also means they are one loss away from being out of bowl contention, which would be two years in a row of no ...

The most important thing Michigan State needed on Saturday was a win and that was the one thing that still eluded the Spartans in Big Ten play. MSU took its sixth straight loss in the conference with ...

Thirty years after they first chanted their way into pop culture history, Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri’s Spartan Cheerleaders remain one of Saturday Night Live’s most iconic – and delightfully ...