A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be ...

Little did Leonidas know that over 2,500 years later, "Molon Lave" would be used as a global marketing tool -from weapons to ...

A rare ancient Greek helmet is heading to the auction block, where experts expect it to sell for as much as £90,000 (roughly ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen) in all Greece. They lived ... a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region ... world in the 400s B.C. In previous centuries Greek warriors had worn very thick, heavy armor, much of which ...

Sparta is a warrior society in ancient Greece known for its harsh military training. Classicist Dr. Michael Scott travels across Greece to experience Spartan food and clothes to discover the best ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

The gladiators of ancient Rome were some of the fittest and strongest to walk the Earth, so naturally their training garners ...

The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers ... Greece was divided up into small city-states: Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So, ancient Greeks living in Sparta considered themselves Spartan ...