Joining Kate today to get to know the Spartans is the master of all things Ancient Greece, Helen King. You can check out ...

The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece, but the impact of its unique culture is impossible to ignore.

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen) in all Greece. They lived an austere life, despising any sort of luxury, in a city that contained ...

Little did Leonidas know that over 2,500 years later, "Molon Lave" would be used as a global marketing tool -from weapons to ...

A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be auctioned in London later this month. The auction house Apollo Art Auctions is ...

The gladiators of ancient Rome were some of the fittest and strongest to walk the Earth, so naturally their training garners ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.