During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...

Spartan men were known for their long, flowing hair, which became linked to the ancient Greek warriors in antiquity.

Led by their king, Leonidas, the Spartans knew they were marching to their death from the moment they left home. A force of 300 against a legendary army of millions, the Spartans knew that whatever ...

The once-in-a-lifetime journey continues for KTBS 3's Rick Rowe and his fellow travelers. They are making amazing memories as they explore Ancient Greece on their vacation with Collette. One of the ...

Long ago there reigned a clan of Speedo-wearing militaristic psychopaths called the Spartans. They lived beneath a copper-colored sky, on a copper-colored land, amidst copper-colored fields, in copper ...

In 480 BC, King Leonidas of Sparta and 300 of his warriors made their legendary last stand at Thermopylae. Facing a Persian ...

You all know the story, the brave King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans stopped a million men Persian army at Thermopylae. Only, there weren’t just 300 Spartans (and there weren’t million Persians either ...

The only way to grasp intra-elite strife at Sparta is to focus on the two royal families of the Agiads and Eurypontids. The continuing rivalry that marked their relationship was inevitably reflected ...

Wholesale human slaughter never looked so pretty as in this heavily stylized rendering of the battle of Thermopylae in ancient Greece. Under roiling skies, a small band of gruff, buff and bloodthirsty ...