Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at Thermopylae in ...

Northwest Area High School students in Mr. Hanadel’s second-period World Cultures class recently participated in a hands-on educational experience role playing as Spartan soldiers. By donning shields ...

EDEN PRAIRE, Minn. — “You know that each and every day your warriors walk out the door, it’s a risk,” said Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. “But what I can assure you is, there is no better trained, ...

ONTARIO, Ore. - Oregon Army National Guard's Adder Company Soldiers were welcomed home Feb. 3 from a yearlong deployment to the Middle East to support Operation Spartan Shield. The demobilization ...

Nearly fifty soldiers from the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 745th Military Police Detachment deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Family and friends bid farewell to ...

Despite being rivals, many Athenians admired the government, clothing, and austerity of the Spartans. Falling prey to “Laconophilia,” some began to adopt the mannerisms and even dress like their ...