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Unlock access to world-class coaching, race day benefits, and exclusive discounts to unlock your potential. Our OCR Races feature challenging obstacles on off-road trail courses with water and mud. Climb walls & ropes, crawl under barbed wire, traverse monkey bars, throw a spear, and more.
Sparta [1] was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon ( Λακεδαίμων, Lakedaímōn ), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in the Eurotas valley of Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. [2] .
Nov 12, 2009 · Sparta was a military city-state in ancient Greece that achieved regional power after Spartan warriors won the Peloponnesian War against the rival city of Athens.
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May 28, 2013 · Sparta was one of the most important city-states in ancient Greece and was famous for its military prowess. The professional and well-trained Spartan hoplites with their distinctive red cloaks and long...
Jun 1, 2024 · Sparta, ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese, southwestern Greece. The sparsity of ruins from antiquity around the modern city reflects the austerity of the military oligarchy that ruled the Spartan city-state from the 6th to the 2nd century BCE.
Jul 16, 2019 · The grand strategy that the Lacedaemonians gradually articulated in defense of their way of life was comprehensive. Early Lacedaemon was a conquest community dependent on the labor of a servile class, called helots, who belonged to the city, were bound to the land, and functioned as sharecroppers.
Imagine living a city where every citizen was trained to be a warrior from the moment of their birth. This was the reality of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. It rose to prominence around the 8th century BC and became known for its military dominance and strange social structure.
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Jan 22, 2023 · Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most extreme civilizations in history. Join Bettany Hughes as we journey into the history of ancient Sparta and every stratum of its society is laid...
