However, the city-state’s dominance was not without challenges. The Peloponnesian War, fought against Sparta, marked the beginning of the city’s decline. Despite this, Athens’ legacy continued, ...

Of course, the most famous building of all atop the Acropolis is the Parthenon ... Located in Laconia on Mt. Taygetos near Sparta, back in the 14th and 15th centuries, the city flourished as the ...

Miltiadis Paikopoulos is a lawyer, author and classicist. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Classics and Ancient World Studies from the University of Melbourne, and his Juris Doctorate from the ...

Chalkioikos), located in the acropolis of Sparta. His mother, Theano, immediately went to the temple and laid a brick at the door, declaring: “Unworthy to be a Spartan, you are not my son.” Following ...

NEW ORLEANS — The 2025 Carnival season kicked off on January 6, and Knights of Sparta is set to roll Uptown in New Orleans on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. Knights of Sparta embraces the ...