In 480 B.C.E., King Leonidas of Sparta led 7,000 men against an estimated 300,000 Persian soldiers at the Battle of ...

Sparta’s famous militarism was inseparable ... But it’s what he did after the battle that was truly revolutionary, and laid bare the dangers of behaving as the Spartans had.

For example, Sparta might face an existential threat, prompting its participation in the Battle of Plataea in 479 B.C., which effectively ended all Persian attempts to invade the Greek lands.

But Troy and Thermopylae are both relatively well-documented confrontations; we know much less about the Battle of Leuktra ... and the martial order of Sparta. ... "But nobody quite has ever ...

The Battle of Thermopylae has become the stuff of legend ever since. The belief that Leonidas, the King of Sparta, commanded 300 of his fiercest and bravest soldiers into battle against what were ...