The Parthenians, illegitimate children of Sparta's women born during war, became the founders of the esteemed Greek colony of ...

A tough military society, Sparta had its own secret service, the Crypteia, specially trained young men for covert operations ...

SPARTA, Mich. (WOOD) — Hundreds of people gathered at the newly renamed Lamoreaux Brothers Veterans Memorial Park in Sparta on Memorial Day to rededicate the town’s “Shorty’s Monument” honoring local ...

SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) -- Memorial Day celebrations took place in Sparta Monday morning. Veterans from all over were invited to walk in the city's annual Memorial Day parade beginning at Howard Huff Park ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at Thermopylae in ...

Riding a bike without training wheels. Scaling a climbing wall. Doing a headstand. All were activities 19-year-old Alex Gaunky of Sparta, Wis., feared at different points of his life. And failed at ...