Ancient Sparta

Location of Sparta

Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, Spártā; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, Spártē), or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese.^[1] It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta
• The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization
• Page 50 - Bahn, P., ed., 2008, The Great Archaeologists: Anness Publishing, London, 96p.