Each shield was circular and convex ... Throughout history, mothers have wept in seeing their sons set out for war; Spartan women, however, developed another ritual, aimed at preventing the ...

To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of the God of War series, Sony has prepared a surprise for owners of GoW: Ragnarok ...

Asked why it was dishonorable to return without a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 - 491) is said to have replied: "Because the latter they put on for their own ...

Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... "Come back with your shield, or on it." Dead Spartans were carried home on their shields - they believed only a coward ...

God of War's Kratos has had a busy life: he's birthed a teenager, slain the gods, and grown the kind of luscious beard ...

Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... "Come back with your shield, or on it." Dead Spartans were carried home on their shields - they believed only a coward ...