Athens and Sparta represented for classical thinkers distinct and opposing regimes. Democratic Athens took pride in its freedom, openness, and accomplishments in the arts and philosophy. Oligarchic ...

What drove the Ancient Greeks to fight wars, thousands of years ago? The answer may surprise you, because what we consider “good” and selfless reasons to fight paradoxically led to more wars than the ...

In 431 B.C., Athens and Sparta went to war. Nearly 50 years earlier, in 480 B.C., the two cities had united to lead the Hellenic alliance that repelled a Persian invasion. In the mostly peaceful ...

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Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up for the last two and a half millennia as the unmatched warrior city-state, where every male was ...