Discover the life and legacy of Lycurgus, Sparta's legendary lawgiver, whose reforms forged a society of equality and military discipline.

The division of the population into distinct social classes varied across different city-states, kingdoms and polities in ancient Greece.

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Sparta: Ancient Wars has been in development for two years now, but very little of the game has been seen so far. WorldForge skipped an appearance at ...

Isagoras was appointed as 'archon', chief civil official, in 508 BC. Supported by a faction of Athen's most conservative aristocrats, his new regime appeared to be a return to tyranny. In reality ...

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“Ancient Wars: Sparta” is one of many strategy games to take the battles of antiquity as its inspiration. Sadly, a worthy historical inspiration alone does not make a good game. “Sparta” falls short ...