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

Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up for the last two and a half millennia as the unmatched warrior city-state, where every male ...

Greek naval infantry conducted combat exercises in armor replicas from 3,500 years ago. This helped resolve a 64-year-old dispute among archaeologists. Scientists now understand the role ancient ...