Agesilaus II is known as the greatest Spartan King. Credit: Niko978, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 The helots, as the slaves in ancient Sparta were known, were the subjugated part of the population that actually ...

At the bottom were the helots: a slave class descended from those peoples who had resisted subjugation by Sparta. Because the helots were constantly rebelling, the Spartans attempted to control ...

Today, an all-new season began in Poros Interactive’s strategy game Conqueror’s Blade. Titled “Leonides’ Glory!”, the season ...

This professional army, however, was possible only because the Spartans enslaved their neighbors, called the Helots, and forced them to take care of the farming and other necessary tasks to keep ...

The population of Sparta was never large, and this was a constant threat to the Spartans, who needed many descendants—particularly soldiers—to secure their dominance over the Perioikoi (free ...

古希腊，这片孕育了西方文明的土地，诞生了两个耀眼的城邦：斯巴达与雅典。它们如同硬币的两面，一个尚武，一个崇文，一个铁血，一个智慧。而这一切的差异，都可追溯至它们截然不同的教育体系。今天，就让我们穿越时空，通过一个个历史故事，一探斯巴达与雅典教育的究竟 ...

Three new units including the versatile Helots Auxiliary, the precise volleys of the nimble Laconic Javelins, or the dominating force of the Spartan Chosen. The Hot Spring Pass map, inspired by ...