Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece ... wearing a Corinthian helmet and wrapped in a cape.
Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen) in all Greece. They lived ... a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 ...