They lived an austere life, despising any ... nor grand buildings. Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan ...

They lived an austere life, despising any ... nor grand buildings. Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan ...