From Viking berserkers to Spartan warriors, many of our ideas about ancient fighters are more myth than fact. Uncover the ...

The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire ... It’s easy to ridicule such a simplistic view of history, and to point out that the Spartans might not have deserved ...

One might expect a Spartan warrior who had both lost his shield ... known as “the father of scientific history.” Science Photo Library Herodotus tells us the two Spartan survivors of ...

in a phenomenon known as Laconophilia (Laconia is the historical region in the southeastern Peloponnese of which Sparta was the capital). This bronze figurine of a Spartan warrior is from the ...

Three new books scrutinize the reputations of some legendary warrior groups ... on ancient military history, painstakingly examines the evidence from five centuries of Spartan warfare, from ...

You can battle hundreds of ancient warriors, both historical and mythical, in Spartan: Total Warrior. As "The Spartan" you can upgrade your weapons and armor and gain ...

You can battle hundreds of ancient warriors, both historical and mythical, in Spartan: Total Warrior. As "The Spartan" you can upgrade your weapons and armor and gain ...

Spartan: Total Warrior speaks to the inner badass lurking ... The story mixes pieces of history, ancient lore and science-fiction to weave an altogether unique take on epic warfare.

Which turns the historical records we have on Sparta ... You star as the eponymous Spartan. The tone of Spartan: Total Warrior is nailed half-way through the first level, when you and your ...