80 Ancient Sparta Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who was the last king of Sparta in antiquity?
Answer
Nabis
Which 222 BCE battle ended Cleomenes III’s reign in Sparta?
Answer
Battle of Sellasia
Which Spartan king was killed at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE?
Answer
Leonidas I
What was the name of Sparta’s citizens’ assembly?
Answer
Apella
Which Spartan festival honored Apollo and the hero Hyacinthus?
Answer
Hyacinthia
Which Spartan king led an invasion of the Persian Empire in 396 BCE?
Answer
Agesilaus II
At which battle in 425 BCE did Spartan soldiers surrender to Athens?
Answer
Battle of Sphacteria
Which battle in 371 BCE ended Sparta’s dominance in Greece?
Answer
Battle of Leuctra
What was the name of Sparta’s communal dining system?
Answer
Syssitia
Which river flowed beside the ancient Spartan settlement?
Answer
Eurotas
What was the name of the alliance led by Sparta during the classical Greek period?
Answer
Peloponnesian League