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Explore the cities, sanctuaries, and battle settings of Spartan history. Choose a place or a cluster on the map to look closer.

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The ancient theatre of Sparta. Photograph of the surviving site or modern landscape.
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Sparta

The civic center in the Eurotas valley.

Explore the history ↗Place record · Pleiades ↗

Modern coastline shown for geographic context. Markers identify sites or representative areas, not exact battle positions. Coordinates: Pleiades contributors (CC BY 3.0). Base geography: Natural Earth (public domain).

A CLOSER VIEWExplore three interactive battle maps →Thermopylae, Plataea, and Leuctra — with selectable phases and sourced reconstructions.