At the same time, the Spartans drilled so incessantly, and were constantly under arms, because they were afraid the Helots would revolt. This fear of the Helots kept Spartan soldiers at home ...

Cinadon’s conspiracy and attempted coup reveal deep social tensions in ancient Sparta and a swift, disciplined response to ...

While ghastly even by ancient standards, these measures served only to make the Helots hate the Spartans even more, all but guaranteeing future Helot revolts and worsening Spartan paranoia.

Sparta—once a dominant military power in ancient Greece,collapsed not from conquest, but from deep internal weaknesses. In this video, we explore why one of history’s most feared warrior ...

Even in ancient times, the Spartans were famous for the way they lived. ... These “helots” (as they were called) were put to work, farming so the Spartans could focus on military training.

Ancient Sparta has been held up for the last two and a ... we see a recovered Brasidas marching north to conquer Athenian-allied cities at the head of 700 helots, members of Sparta’s reviled ...

The comic and film are both gross distortions of the actual battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans led a joint force of some 7,000 free Greeks and at least 300 helots (the Spartan slave ...

The rivalry between ancient Athens and Sparta is infamous—but they may have been more 'frenemies' Despite being rivals, many Athenians admired the government, clothing, and austerity of the ...

The alt-right and other fanatics of the ancient civilization are distorting history. Sparta can teach us how to rethink liberal democracy. The city of Sparta isn’t much to look at these days. A ...

King Agesilaus II—who led the Spartan Army at the peak of its power in the fourth century B.C.—proclaimed that one of Sparta’s greatest strengths was its citizens’ “contempt of pleasure ...