The statue was found at Sparta’s sanctuary of Athena Chalkioikos, a temple of special significance to Spartan soldiers. Alamy/ACI In the same vein, various ancient philosophers and orators ...

Sparta had even fewer citizens, but was in many ways an exceptional case. Its powerful military elite ruled over nearly four thousand square miles, almost all of the Peloponnesian peninsula.

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.

There was never one country called ‘ancient Greece’. Greece was divided up into small city-states: Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So, ancient Greeks living in Sparta considered themselves ...

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government. Two kings ruled the city, but a 28-member 'council of elders' limited their powers. These men were recruited from the highest social class, the ...

The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between Istanbul and Sparta. Load Map What is the travel distance between Sparta, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey? How many miles is it ...

The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between Sparta and Athens. Load Map What is the travel distance between Athens, Greece and Sparta, Greece? How many miles is it from ...

With its oligarchic government, composed of the ephors, the Gerousia, and the two kings, Sparta’s government was an outlier ...

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About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.