Photograph by BPK/Scala, Florence From age seven, a Spartan boy was sent to the military academy known as the agoge, where he would be put under In a time-honored Spartan tradition, other markers ...

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Eventually, he added, Gunner became one of just two dogs to complete the Spartan Agoge race, a 64-hour endurance event on the side of Killington Mountain in Vermont. Gunner also earned a ...

This echoes the agoge, the Spartan education system whereby rules were so severe breaking them was inevitable. Legend tells of a boy who hid a stolen fox beneath his cloak while his commander ...

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

The Greeks had archers and cavalry too, but it was the phalanx that won many famous battles. Spartan soldiers wore red cloaks, so bloodstains wouldn't show up. They also grew their hair long and ...