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Official portal for SPARTAN. Developed by C. Lalrinfela, Informatics Officer, ICT - GoM.
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.
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] .
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.
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May 28, 2013 · Sparta was one of the most important city -states in ancient Greece and was famous for its military prowess.
Sparta was one of the most powerful and influential city-states in ancient Greece. It was famous for its military prowess, its austere lifestyle, its unique political system, and its remarkable women. But how much do we really know about Sparta? How reliable are the sources that describe it? And how has its image been shaped by later generations?
Spartan adventures. The autonomy guaranteed to the Greek cities by the King’s Peace in 386 represented in principle an advance in interstate diplomacy; but then as now the word autonomy was elastic, and Sparta by its behaviour soon made clear its intention to interpret it in the way most favourable to itself.
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...
