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The Spartan army was the principle ground force of Sparta. It stood at the center of the ancient Greek city-state, ... Spartan Warrior (Warrior Series #163).
In 2004, the team was rebranded as Sparta Warriors. [1] In the 2008–09 season, the team won the league, and won silver in the Norwegian Championship after being defeated by Vålerenga in the final. In 2020, the team was rebranded as Sparta Sarpsborg. [2] The song I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles is known as the club anthem of Sparta Warriors.
Sparta Sarpsborg is a Norwegian ice hockey club based in Sarpsborg. They are members of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). The Warriors are the ice hockey department of IL Sparta , a sports club founded in 1928.
Sparta's ice hockey department is officially named Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg, but is promoted under the name Sparta Warriors. The club became Norwegian champions in 1984 and 1989, and won Eliteserien in 1984, 1986, 2009 and 2011. Sparta was the first sports-club in Norwegian history to bankrupt in 1995, withdrew from Eliteserien and ...
The Spartan general Anaxibius is described as having died fighting with a youth he loved by his side, though the origin or social status of this youth is unclear as he is not described as a soldier. This relationship may have been an uncharacteristic extension of pederastic feeling to a youth who was not necessarily Spartan and possibly a slave ...
According to Herodotus [1] Sparta had surrounded and captured the plain of Thyrea. When the Argives marched out to defend it, the two armies agreed to let 300 champions from each city fight, with the winner taking the territory. Presumably the idea was to reduce the total number of casualties.
Sparta [1] was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, ... believing they made the city's men soft in terms of their warrior abilities. A ...
Since many elite Spartan warriors were slain during the battle, Sparta's military strength was greatly weakened by the conflict. This was because it would take years of training, experience, and resources to produce the seasoned veterans lost in the battle, thus the remnants of the military were left in the hands of the less experienced.