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Official portal for SPARTAN. Developed by C. Lalrinfela, Informatics Officer, ICT - GoM.
Sparta [1] was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon ( Λακεδαίμων, Lakedaímōn ), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in the Eurotas valley of Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. [2] .
adjective. uk / ˈspɑː.tən / us / ˈspɑːr.tən / Add to word list. simple and severe with no comfort: a spartan diet / meal. spartan living conditions. They lead a spartan life, with very few comforts and no luxuries. Synonyms. austere. bleak. comfortless formal. hard (SEVERE) harsh (UNKIND) inhospitable (PLACE) severe.
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Jun 1, 2024 · Sparta, ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese, southwestern Greece. The sparsity of ruins from antiquity around the modern city reflects the austerity of the military oligarchy that ruled the Spartan city-state from the 6th to the 2nd century BCE.
Nov 12, 2009 · Sparta was a military city-state in ancient Greece that achieved regional power after Spartan warriors won the Peloponnesian War against the rival city of Athens.
Jan 22, 2023 · Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most extreme civilizations in history. Join Bettany Hughes as we journey into the history of ancient Sparta and every stratum of its society is laid...
Mar 1, 2024 · Sparta, in contrast to Athens and other Greek cities in ancient Greece, provoked feelings of admiration in relation to the spirit, virtue, and bravery of its citizens. Lycurgus, the mythical legislator, was the one who defined through laws-clauses the operation and observance of this spirit.
A state run by an inflexible military regime, whose people existed almost entirely to serve the army, the Spartans were legendary for their professionalism, intense physical and mental stamina, and...
Jun 17, 2024 · By way of compensation for the lack of evidence about Sparta there are two items of cardinal importance: an extraordinary document about the early Spartan constitution and state, preserved by the Greek writer Plutarch (the “Great Rhetra”), and the poetry of the 7th-century Spartan poet Tyrtaeus.
