When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

Sparta was at the forefront of the Greco-Persian Wars (499–449 BC) and, along with Athens, led the unified Greece to victory. The second invasion of Greece, led by Xerxes I, was launched in 480 BC.

The 300 or so Spartans helped hold off an enormous Persian Army for three days ... funding for the Spartan Navy in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.), but who foolishly ordered his ship to ...

The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece ... hair long and would comb it before going into battle. Fighting wars was what the Spartans did best. They believed that strict discipline and a tough ...

Without Spartan participation in the war against Persia at the beginning ... of Plataea in 479 B.C., which effectively ended all Persian attempts to invade the Greek lands. At other times, Sparta ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

A highly successful 'war machine', the phalanx was used primarily ... though in time they adopted tactics to overcome the close combat favored by Greek armies. During the 5th century BC, swords ...

The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece ... hair long and would comb it before going into battle. Fighting wars was what the Spartans did best. They believed that strict discipline and a tough ...