As Netanyahu evokes "super-Sparta," Israel may be repeating the mistakes that left both city-states devastated after decades of war. On the eve of the Peloponnesian War in 432 BC, the wise king of ...

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 ...

For the first time in history, Sparta’s mayor is a woman. Kristen Gust was sworn in on Wednesday. “I hope this shows a small town like ours can continue to be progressive and put women in positions of ...