Twenty-five hundred years ago the Spartans were the indisputable military power in Greece. No city had warriors as fierce and ...

Many of you may know of King Leonidas from 300, the bloody excellent film where he was portrayed by the rippling physique of Mr Gerard Butler. But did you know that Leonidas was in fact a real ...

In 480 B.C.E., King Leonidas of Sparta led 7,000 Greek troops against as many as 300,000 Persian soldiers at the Battle of Thermopylae — and the Greeks may have won if they hadn't been betrayed.

At his fifth Olympics, Phelps has achieved some records which might never be broken again for generations.

It was performed by Gerad Butler's King Leonidas in 300. He yells, 'This is Sparta!' before kicking a messenger into a deep pit, killing him.

Who are we talking about? Leonidas, of course! Leonidas was born in the 540s B.C.E. in the Greek city-state of Sparta. His father was a king, but Leonidas had two older brothers. He was never supposed ...

The rivalry between ancient Athens and Sparta is infamous—but they may have been more 'frenemies' Despite being rivals, many Athenians admired the government, clothing, and austerity of the ...

After the first 100,000 Persian soldiers stormed in, the federation of Greece sent 1,000 soldiers led by Leonidas I of Sparta to fight in the valley of Thermopylae in Southern Greece. 300 of them were ...

Lessons from Leonidas of Sparta for value investors: choose medium to long-term battles, avoid short-term market fluctuations, and seek dedicated managers for consistent performance.