Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up for the last two and a ... heroism accomplished by Leonidas, king of Sparta and hero of ...

He's the most legendary warrior king in history. With his 300 brave Spartans behind him, King Leonidas stood against ... $1.5M nest egg would last in 50 states First Look at the Polestar 3 SUV ...

Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in Sparta to become the hippeis—elite soldiers who formed the king’s private ... embodied in Leonidas, hero of Thermopylae ...