Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held up ... his ship to ram the Athenians’ during the Battle of Arginusae (406 B.C.), a move that ...

armor, and weapons of the defeated. If the battle was particularly significant, a stone monument might be constructed, such as the statue of the lion in honor of the Spartan leader Leonidas ...

Fact or Fiction: The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) between Greeks and Persians is known for two things: an utter Greek defeat leading ... sacrilegious to go to war during these periods.