They lived an austere life, despising any sort of luxury ... Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers ...

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 strengths was its citizens’ “contempt of pleasure.” ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

At one point in time, Spartan Stadium was one of the most formidable venues in college football. The noise, the weather and the incredible energy that filled th ...

Branded as the "Spartan for Life" contract, a nod to Izzo's comments upon turning down the Cleveland Cavaliers job in the summer of 2020. It was the last of multiple dalliances with the NBA since ...

They lived an austere life, despising any sort of luxury ... Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers ...