Leading against the Delian League in the Peloponnesian Wars, FTP, THIS…IS…what Greek city state that held up against a Persian horde at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
In modern times, it is home to the capital of the prefecture of Lacedaemon, which also happens to be the name of its first ruler. In ancient times, its kings claimed to be direct descendents of Heracles (*), and only those who underwent the state's military and social education, agoge, were able to become true citizens of it. Leading against the Delian League in the Peloponnesian Wars, FTP, THIS…IS…what Greek city state that held up against a Persian horde at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
In modern times, it is home to the capital of the prefecture of Lacedaemon, which also happens to be the name of its first ruler.
Sparta