Articles about "sparta"
Leonidas King of Sparta - Leonidas and the Battle at Thermopylae
Leonidas was a king of Sparta who led a suicide mission against the Persians at Thermopylae during the Persian Wars.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/people/g/leonidas.htm
Gorgo - Information on Gorgo of Sparta
Gorgo was the daughter of one king and wife of the next Agiad king of Sparta and was renowned for wisdom.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/spartarulers/a/Gorgo.htm
Sparta and Samos - Spartan Colony Samos
Relations between Samos and Sparta were at times close despite the fact that Samos was not properly a colony of Sparta.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/sparta/a/SamosSparta.htm
Lycurgus - Spartan Lawgiver Lycurgus
Lycurgus is known as the lawgiver of Sparta much as Solon is known as the lawgiver of Athens. Lycurgus is an even more legendary figure than his Athenian ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/greecehellas1/a/lycurgussparta.htm
History of Ancient Greece -Topics in the History of Ancient Greece
In Sparta, the kings remained, possibly because they didn't have too much power since the power was split in 2, but elsewhere the kings were replaced. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greeceancientgreece/tp/101907GkHist.htm
The Thirty Tyrants - What Was the Period of the Thirty Tyrants ...
Sparta imprisoned the chief leaders of Athens' democracy and nominated a body of 30 local ... The Thirty Tyrants became fearful and sent to Sparta for help, ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/peloponnesianwar/p/30tyrants.htm
Paul Cartledge - About the Classical Scholar Paul Cartledge
Paul Cartledge is a classical scholar and authority on ancient Sparta. ... Croix on his 75th birthday; Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta; Hellenistic and ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/modernauthors/g/022108Cartledge.htm
Persian Wars - Basics on the Battle at Thermopylae - 480 B.C.
According to the Greek historian Peter Green, the Spartan Demaratus (on Xerxes' staff) recommended splitting the navy and sending part to Sparta, ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/weaponswar/p/blpwtherm.htm
Hoplites - Basic Information on the Greek Hoplite Soldier
Hoplites and Heroes: Sparta's Contribution to the Technique of Ancient Warfare," by Paul Cartledge. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 97. (1977), pp. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekweapons/g/Hoplite.htm
Thermopylae - Terms to Know About The Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas was one of the two kings of Sparta in 480 B.C. He had command of the land forces of the Spartans and at Thermopylae was in charge of all the allied ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/persianwars/tp/ThermopylaeTerm.htm
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