Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon.
History[]
At some point, the Spartans were known to have participated in a conflict known as the Peloponnesian War, where they defeated their Greeks, the Athenians.
Trivia[]
- In the 1990s, the city of Smallville had a football team called the Smallville Spartans.[1]
- Erich Ludendorff, in his obsession with war, admired Tyrtaeus, a ancient poet from the city of Sparta.[2]
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External Links[]
Sparta on DC Database
Sparta on Wikipedia