Sparta, an ancient Greek city-state, was located in the region of Laconia in the southeastern Peloponnesian peninsula. Renowned for its military prowess, Spartan society was distinctively structured around a rigidly disciplined and austere lifestyle

Eurotas River, known in ancient times as Eurotas and in modern times as Evrotas, is a significant geographical feature of the Laconian region in the southeastern Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece.