Ancient Greeks prepared Roman gladiators for violent contests, although these were quite different from the Olympics the ...

Greek Hoplites were heavy infantry soldiers, citizen-soldiers who equipped themselves when called to fight for the poleis or city-state.

Little remains of the ancient ... Unlike Athens to the north, Sparta was famed for its austerity—its “spartan” character—was, and is, proverbial. A state run by an inflexible military ...

The Battle of Tegyra in 375 B.C. proved that the legendary Spartan army could be defeated. A thousand Spartan soldiers, trained for combat from the age of 7, were returning from an expedition when ...

In ancient times ... Girls weren't allowed to be soldiers, but they did compete against the boys at sport. Spartan women also had more freedom than other Greek women. For example, they could ...