(Plutarch, Mor.220) An old man wandering around the Olympic Games looking for a seat was jeered at by the crowd until he reached the seats of the Spartans, whereupon every Spartan younger than him ...

The historian Plutarch notes that, paradoxically, war for Spartans was seen almost as a holiday: “Their bodily exercises, too, were less rigorous during their campaigns, and [they] were allowed ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

The Roman historian and philosopher Plutarch actually recorded this real-life exchange. Supposedly, Xerxes himself actually gave the order for the Spartans to lay down their weapons (as opposed to ...

(Plutarch, Mor.220) An old man wandering around the Olympic Games looking for a seat was jeered at by the crowd until he reached the seats of the Spartans, whereupon every Spartan younger than him ...