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Bred for Battle—Understanding Ancient Sparta’s Military Machine
This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...
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“Don't panic! Remember, you're British!”: One of the last known survivors of HMS Spartan recalls moment German bomb sank British warship
The Spartan left Portsmouth and made several stops ... The officers in the British Navy were very strict. If you left your post and created danger, they could shoot you.” But the ship was ...
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Navy Star Daba Fofana Can’t Tap Into NIL, But Still Happy to Be ‘In The Game’
ESPN recently pulled back the curtain on a player from each team — Navy fullback Daba Fofana and ... one ESPN described as spartan, he does have one outlet — a Playstation.