Sparta (disambiguation)
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Sparta
was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. Sparti (municipality)
is the modern city on the site of Sparta in Laconia.
Sparta or Sparti may also refer to:
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Sparta
Sparta or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the River Eurotas in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. From c...
was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. Sparti (municipality)
Sparti (municipality)
Sparti is a municipality of Laconia, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta. The population in 2001 was 38,079, of whom 15,828 lived in the town itself.-History:...
is the modern city on the site of Sparta in Laconia.
Sparta or Sparti may also refer to:
In mythology
- The Spartoi, a group of mythical beings figuring in the founding myths of the ancient Greek city of Thebes, which are sometimes referred to as Sparti, following the Demotic or modern pronunciation of the Greek term
Places
Canada- Sparta, Ontario, a historic village
El Salvador
- Nueva Esparta, El SalvadorNueva Esparta, El SalvadorNueva Esparta is a municipality in the northeasternmost zone of El Salvador, inside La Union Department. The municipality is politically divided into the central Pueblo Nueva Esparta, six outlying canton communities and 31 caserios .- Municipality :Cantons: El Portillo, Honduritas, Las Mariás,...
, a municipality
Honduras
- EspartaEspartaEsparta is a municipality in the Honduran department of Atlántida....
, a municipality in the Honduran department
United States
- Sparta, GeorgiaSparta, GeorgiaSparta is a country town in Hancock County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,265 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hancock County...
, a city - Sparta, IllinoisSparta, IllinoisSparta is a city in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,486 at the 2000 census.The city was the principal filming location for the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night.-Geography:Sparta is located at ....
, a city - Sparta, IndianaSparta, IndianaSparta is an unincorporated town in Sparta Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.-Geography:Sparta is located at ....
, an unincorporated community - Sparta, KentuckySparta, KentuckySparta is a city in Gallatin and Owen Counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 230 at the 2000 census.Sparta is home to Kentucky Speedway.-Geography:Sparta is located at ....
, a city - Sparta, MichiganSparta, MichiganSparta is a village in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,159 at the 2000 census. The village resides in Sparta Township.-History:...
, a village - Sparta, MississippiSparta, MississippiSparta is a small unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States, in the northeastern part of the state.A fictionalized Sparta was featured in the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night and the television series in the 1980s and '90s. This fictional version of Sparta differs...
, an unincorporated community - Sparta, MissouriSparta, MissouriSparta is a city in Christian County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,144 at the 2000 census. In 2006 the population was estimated to be around 600...
, a city - Sparta, New YorkSparta, New YorkSparta is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census.The Town of Sparta is in the southeast part of the county and is north of Dansville, NY.- History :...
, a town - Sparta, North CarolinaSparta, North CarolinaSparta is a town in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,817 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Alleghany County.-Geography:Sparta is located at ....
- Sparta, OhioSparta, OhioSparta is a village in Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The population was 191 at the 2000 census. Sparta is southeast of Mount Gilead, Ohio, the county seat.-Geography:Sparta is located at...
, a village - Sparta, TennesseeSparta, TennesseeSparta is a city in White County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,599 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of White County. It was the hometown of Lester Flatt of the bluegrass music legends Flatt and Scruggs.-Geography:...
, a city - Sparta, WisconsinSparta, WisconsinSparta is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States, along the La Crosse River. The population was 9,522 at the 2010 census.-Notable people:*William Hawley Atwell, U.S. District Court Judge in Texas*Larry Baumel, NASCAR...
, a city - Sparta (town), WisconsinSparta (town), WisconsinSparta is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,750 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 127.6 km² , all land...
Venezuela
- Nueva EspartaNueva EspartaNueva Esparta State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It comprises Margarita Island, Coche, and the largely uninhabited Cubagua.The state is the smallest one in area, and is located off the northeast Caribbean coast of Venezuela. It is the only insular state of Venuezuela...
(New Sparta), a state
Turkey
- IspartaIspartaIsparta is a city in western Turkey and the provincial capital of the Isparta Province. The city's population is 222,556 and elevation from sea level is 1035 m. Another name of the city is "City of Roses"....
a city
Sports
- Sparta AtletikSparta (Athletic club)Sparta Atletik is a Danish track and field club, and one of the leading clubs in Denmark.The club is known for winning the major part of the individual medals at the Danish championships, and having the most athletes represented on the different national teams.The most famous athlete ever to have...
, a Danish athletic club - AC Sparta Prague, a Czech football team
- HC Sparta PrahaHC Sparta PrahaHC Sparta Praha is a Prague based Czech ice hockey team playing in Czech Extraliga.-Team History:Founded in 1903 by Canadian expatriate Lyle P. O'Connor, HC Sparta Praha was among the first bandy teams to play on a semi-professional level in the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
, a Czech ice hockey team - Sparta RotterdamSparta RotterdamSparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
, a Dutch football team - Sparta Sarpsborg, a Norwegian football team
- Sparta (racehorse), a competitor who failed to complete the 1848 Grand National1848 Grand NationalThe 1848 Grand National Steeplechase was the tenth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday, March 1. It attracted a, then record, field of twenty-nine competitors for a prize valued at £1,015 to the winner.The race was won by...
- Spartacat, the mascot for the Ottawa Senators NHL ice-hockey team
Brands and products
- Sparta (rocket)Sparta (rocket)The Sparta was a three-stage rocket that launched Australia's first Earth satellite, WRESAT, on 29 November 1967.Sparta used a surplus American Redstone as its first stage, an Antares as a second stage, and a BE-3 as a third stage...
, launched Australia's first Earth satellite - SPARTA, Inc., a United States defense contractor
- Sparta (magazine)Sparta (magazine)ΣPARTA is a semiannual educational magazine dedicated to the ancient Spartan and Greek history, with a readership that mainly represent teachers, historians, re-enactors and other individuals interested in the history of ancient Greece....
, journal of ancient Spartan and Greek history - Ancient Wars: SpartaAncient Wars: SpartaAncient Wars: Sparta is a real-time strategy computer game released in April 2007. It was developed by World Forge and has been published by Play Ten Interactive. The distributor is Eidos Interactive.-Gameplay:...
, a real-time strategy computer game - Sparta, cigarettes from former CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
Popular culture
- Sparta (band)Sparta (band)Sparta is an American band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. Founding members Jim Ward and Tony Hajjar are former members of post-hardcore group At the Drive-In...
, a band formed by ex-members of At the Drive-In - "This is Sparta!", the famous line from 300300 (film)300 is a 2007 American fantasy action film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller. It is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant...
. - Sparta, a fictional planet and capital of the Empire of Man, in Jerry PournelleJerry PournelleJerry Eugene Pournelle is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte and has since 1998 been maintaining his own website/blog....
's future historyFuture historyA future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors in the subgenre of speculative fiction to construct a common background for fiction... - Sparta, a fictional planet unconnected with the above, inhabited solely by men in A. Bertram ChandlerA. Bertram ChandlerArthur Bertram Chandler was a British-Australian science fiction author. He also wrote under the pseudonyms George Whitley, George Whitely, Andrew Dunstan, and S.H.M....
's "A Spartan Planet"
See also
- Laconia (disambiguation)Laconia (disambiguation)Laconia or Lakonia may refer to:*Laconia, the Bronx, a neighborhood in The Bronx, NY*Laconia, a region of Greece*Laconia, Indiana, United States*Laconia, New Hampshire, United States*Either of three ships named Laconia or Lakonia:...
- Sparta Township (disambiguation)
- Spartan (disambiguation)
- Spartacus (disambiguation)Spartacus (disambiguation)Spartacus, and its derivations and translations such as "Spartacist", "Spartak" or "Espartaco" may refer to:* Spartacus, the Thracian who led a slave uprising against Roman slavery...
- Spartak (disambiguation)
- Spartan ArmySpartan ArmyThe Spartan army was the military force of Sparta, one of the leading city-states of ancient Greece. The army stood at the centre of the Spartan state, whose citizens' primary obligation was to be good soldiers. Subject to military drill from infancy, the Spartans were one of the most feared...
- History of SpartaHistory of SpartaThe History of Sparta describes the destiny of the ancient Dorian Greek state known as Sparta from its beginning in the legendary period to its forced incorporation into the Achaean League under the late Roman Republic, its conquerors, in 146 BCE, a period of roughly 1000 years...
- Spar (disambiguation)Spar (disambiguation)A spar is a pole of wood or metal, used on a sailing vessel.Spar may also refer to:* Sparring, or practice fighting* Spar , the main structural member of the wing, running lengthways across the span of the wing...
- Spata (disambiguation)Spata (disambiguation)Spata may refer to:*Spata, a town in eastern Attica, Greece*Spata–Artemida, a municipality in eastern Attica, Greece*Spata, Achaea, a settlement in the municipal unit Larissos, western Achaea, Greece*Spata, a village in Bara Commune, Timiş County, Romania...