Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

22 out! FINAO" The abbreviation that was left at the bottom of Dawson's retirement message stands for "Failure Is Not An Option." For the former Spartan star, he did anything but fail from the ...