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47 unusual facts about Sparta


2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion

The Spartan sword or Xiphos represents the unit's courage, vigilance and preparedness to stand and fight at a moment's notice.

AC Sparta Prague

The name Sparta was inspired by the fighting spirit and courage of the people from the ancient city of Sparta.

Bimini Brothers

Dennie Middleton (pianist) and Nick Lewis (bass guitarist) are alumni of Sparta High School in Sparta, Michigan.

Black soup

The ancient Spartan melas zomos (μέλας ζωμός), or black soup / black broth, was a staple soup made of boiled pigs' legs, blood, salt and vinegar.

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter

He comes from a rich family (he is the son of Vexacion, one of the Regents) and has been raised to fight in a manner similar to ancient Spartans (a particularly disturbing SOL sequence shows a prepubescent Bosch killing a Genic five times his size at the demand of his father).

Cattierite

In addition to the type locality in the Katanga district it is reported from Gansberg, Black Forest, Germany; near Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden; Bald Knob, near Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina and in the Fletcher mine of Reynolds County, Missouri.

Celestial Matters

In this world, the Delian League (Greeks) and Middle Kingdom (Chinese) have been fighting a war for nearly a thousand years, ever since the time of Alexander the Great when the warrior-culture of Sparta and the Athenian Akademe were fused into a half-world conquering force.

Geoffrey Elton

In it, he supported John Aylmer's basic conclusion that the Tudor constitution mirrored that of the mixed constitution of Sparta.

God of War: Betrayal

The protagonist is Kratos, a former Captain of Sparta's army who became the new God of War after killing his predecessor, Ares.

Hope, North Dakota

The school mascot is the Spartans, recently changed from the Wolverines due to a recent cooperation of sports programs between Hope-Page High School and Finley-Sharon High School.

Little Sparta

Finlay chose the name "Little Sparta" in 1983, in response to Edinburgh's nickname, the "Athens of the North", and playing on the historical rivalry between the Ancient Greek cities Athens and Sparta.

Lukáš Zelenka

In summer 2001 Sparta bought him back and then he became one of the most important players of their squad.

Mana Genita

One should not be surprised at this; Aristotle, in fact, says that there is written in the treaty of the Arcadians with the Spartans: "No one shall be made good for rendering aid to the Spartan party in Tegea"; that is, no one shall be put to death.

Messenian Wars

Messenian Wars refers to the wars between Messenia and Sparta in the 8th and 7th centuries BC as well as the 4th century BC.

Nueva Esparta

Its name comes from the heroism shown by its inhabitants during the Venezuelan War of Independence, deemed similar to that of the Spartan soldiers of Ancient Greece.

Nueva Esparta, El Salvador

The original population consisted of Honduran immigrants who had ably fought beside General Francisco Morazán’s troops—they battled so courageously that Francisco Morazán called the Honduran soldiers ¨my valiant Spartans¨ (an homage to the renowned warriors of Ancient Greek city-state Sparta, who fought back Persian aggressors with only 300 troops).

Octavia Jordan Perry

In 1963, Perry published My Head’s High for Proudness, a folk tale set in the North Carolina mountains and inspired by summers spent in Sparta, North Carolina.

Old Orchard Brands

Old Orchard Brands, LLC is a privately owned juice company, located in Sparta, Michigan.

Olympus on My Mind

Mercury, Jupiter's son, has accompanied him to Earth, but he turns out to be useless when Jupiter wants to know the result of the battle with Sparta.

Order of Saint Maurice

The Shield of Sparta is an award for spouses who have contributed, in some way, to the Infantry.

Page, North Dakota

The school mascot is the Spartans, recently changed from the Wolverines due to a recent cooperation of sports programs between Hope-Page High School and Finley-Sharon High School.

Pedro Regas

Pedro Regas (April 18, 1897 – August 10, 1974) was born in Sparta, Greece and was the brother of actor George Regas.

Pester Lloyd

The paper spoke of the laws allowing an extent of discrimination unheard of in history and compared the situation of the Jews in Nazi Germany to those of the Helots, a slave class in the ancient Greek state of Sparta.

Polynikes

Polynikes dies during the final stand in a barehanded attack on a Persian chariot officer along with the remaining Spartans.

Pyrrhic

Citing Aristoxenus, Athenaeus said the pyrrhic is a Spartan dance for boys carrying spears to prepare for war, and noted the intense speed of the dance.

Second Messenian War

The Second Messenian War was a war between the Ancient Greek states of Messenia and Sparta.

Sleepercar

Gonzalez has also performed in Sparta during the band's earlier tours for Wiretap Scars.

Heinrich would go on to perform pedal steel guitar on the Sparta album Threes, Ukulele on Ward's Quiet EP, and finally pedestal for Sleepercar.

During down time between Sparta albums and tours, Ward worked on finishing Sleepercar material.

Solon, Iowa

Ironically, the local high school's mascot is the Spartans; Sparta was famously an enemy of Solon's home, Athens.

Sophia Aggelonitis

She is the daughter of Greek immigrants who came from Sparta, Greece in the 1960s.

Space Angel

The main antagonists in the show were the Anthenians, who were modelled on a combination of Ancient Rome and Sparta; their home planet is shown in the episode involving the gladiatorial games.

Sparta, Illinois

The city and state governments had lobbied hard for the move to Sparta, which was necessitated by the expansion of the Dayton International Airport in Vandalia.

Sparta, Michigan

In the early to late 1960s, Sparta was home to Fenton Records, an independent record company and recording studio.

Sparta, Mississippi

The film was actually made in Sparta, Illinois while most seasons of the television series were filmed in Covington, Georgia, east of Atlanta (and near the real I-20).

Sparta, North Carolina

Sparta was stated as the hometown of Charlotte Simmons in Tom Wolfe's 2004 novel I Am Charlotte Simmons.

States of Venezuela

Nueva Esparta ("New Sparta") is named for the heroism shown by its inhabitants during the Venezuelan War of Independence, deemed similar to that of the Spartan soldiers of Ancient Greece.

StatusNet

Laconica's name was a reference to the Laconic phrase, a particularly concise or terse statement the likes of which are famously attributed to the leaders of Sparta (Laconia being the Greek region containing Sparta).

The Catheters

Over the years toured several times with bands such as Sparta, Mudhoney, Run Run Run, Division of Laura Lee, and very often with the Murder City Devils.

The Happiest Girl in the World

Based on the comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes and tales of Greek mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, it focuses on the women of Ancient Greece and Sparta who, inspired by virginal goddess Diana, vow to withhold sex from their husbands and lovers until they promise to put an end to their fighting.

Too Much Media

Too Much Media is a Freehold, New Jersey-based computer software company that created and maintains the NATS, Carma and Sparta software packages.

Triumph of Love

Resembling a chamber musical more than a traditional book musical, it is based on the 1732 Pierre de Marivaux commedia dell'arte play Le Triomphe de l'Amour and centers on Spartan princess Léonide, whose love for Agis is complicated by the fact her throne was wrongfully wrested by her family from the object of her affection.

Tzykanisterion

Aside from Constantinople and Trebizond, other Byzantine cities also featured tzykanisteria, most notably Sparta, Ephesus, and Athens, an indication of a thriving urban aristocracy.

Vasili Popugaev

His ideal social order was ancient republican Sparta, with its severe laws, especially regarding education.

Virgil Tibbs

Virgil Tibbs is an African American police detective who is detained on suspicion of murder solely on the basis of his skin color while passing through the small town of Wells, somewhere in the Carolinas (Sparta, Mississippi in the film).

William McWaters

His journey next brought him to Sparta, Oregon where a relative of his resided and he would shoot in the back George Weed, a former Union solder, after becoming enraged over a gambling dispute and the brass Union Army buttons the man wore on his coat.

Yuri Viktorovish Volotovsky

Kvartal-95 project on Inter TV channel «Novogodniy ogonek» (New Year's Eve party) 2008 — Rodin statue, image of a Bogatyr — 33 Bogatyria, image of a Spartan warrior — 300 Spartans.


2011 Sparta Prague Open

It took place at the Tennis Club Sparta Prague in Bubeneč, Prague, Czech Republic, on 9–15 May 2011.

510 BC

Hippias, tyrant of Athens, is expelled by his people with the assistance of Cleomenes, King of Sparta.

Acarnania

The Acarnanians later sided with Boeotia in their fight against Sparta, and with Athens against Philip II of Macedon at Chaeronea.

Agesipolis

Agesipolis II, king of the Agiad dynasty in Sparta, from 371 to 369 BC

Ancient Greek

This dialect slowly replaced most of the older dialects, although Doric dialect has survived to the present in the form of the Tsakonian dialect of Modern Greek, spoken in the region of modern Sparta.

Battle of Abydos

In the battle, the Spartan fleet under Mindarus attempted to rescue a small allied fleet that had been driven ashore at Dardanus, but was attacked by the Athenian fleet, under Thrasybulus.

Battle of Cnidus

In 394 BC, King Agesilaus II of Sparta and his army were recalled from Ionia to the Greek mainland to help fight the Corinthian War.

Congress at the Isthmus of Corinth

Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse wanted high command, but Sparta and Athens refused.

Cumberland Airport

Upper Cumberland Regional Airport serving Sparta, Tennessee, United States (FAA: SRB)

Generali Arena

Sparta was hit by a 55,000 CHF fine from European football governing body UEFA in 2001 following racist slurs from the crowd targeted at black Brazilian Luis Robson in a UEFA Champions League match at Letna against Spartak Moscow.

Georgitsi

Georgitsi is a village in the Taygetus mountain range 28 km away from the city of Sparta in southern Greece.

Hegetorides

Hegetorides was a citizen of the Greek island of Thasos during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta (431-404 BC), mentioned by the 2nd-century historian Polyaenus.

Jan Rezek

In 2003 he won the Czech Cup with FK Teplice, one year later he won the cup with Sparta Prague.

Lake Canopus

It was named by the Eighth Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1963–64, after Canopus, pilot of Menelaus, the king of Sparta.

Live at La Zona Rosa

Live at La Zona Rosa 3.19.04 is the name of a live album by the band Sparta, recorded on the same date when the two bands played together.

Lyctus

In 344 BCE, Phalaecus the Phocian assisted the Cnossians against their neighbors the Lyctians, and took the city of Lyctus, from which he was driven out by Archidamus, king of Sparta.

Pasiphaë

In one case, an ephor dreamed that some of his colleagues' chairs were removed from the agora, and that a voice called out "this is better for Sparta"; inspired by this, King Cleomenes acted to consolidate royal power.

Sparta Rock House

The main branch (roughly following the modern US-70N) continued northwestward to what is now Monterey, while a second branch (roughly following the modern US-70) proceeded westward to what is now Sparta.

Sparta Sarpsborg

Sparta Warriors, also known as IK Sparta Sarpsborg, the ice hockey department of IL Sparta

The Life and Times

Since August 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release Suburban Hymns (DeSoto) on US tours with bands like the The Appleseed Cast, Murder By Death, Pelican, Mono, Sparta, Pinback, Engine Down, and William Elliott Whitmore.

Thrasyvoulos F.C.

It was founded in 1938 and named after Thrasybulus, an ancient General who used Fyli as his base to liberate Athens from Sparta.

Titans Mobile

In the game, players need to choose their faction from Athens, Crete, Sparta and Troy before they can recruit Greek Myth heroes from each faction and train Infantries, Cavalries, Warships and Sieges to start battles with other players.

Tomáš Poštulka

In 2001 the ambitious team FK Teplice offered Sparta a big transfer price and Postulka moved to North Bohemia.

In 1997 Sparta Prague bought back their goalkeeper to win 5 championships in a row and to be the part of the most successful period in Sparta's post-revolution history.