Spartan

A Spartan is a person from the Greek city Sparta or the ancient Greek city-state of the same name. In the latter context, the term "Spartan" in its most technical sense refers to a member of the Spartiate caste and under some usages also encompasses the class of mothakes, residents of Sparta who were free but did not enjoy full political rights.

The proper noun "Spartan" can also refer to a member of one of the numerous athletic teams (see below) named after the soldiers of ancient Sparta, especially its renowned hoplite infantry. The adjective "spartan" (see Wiktionary) refers to the frugal and austere nature of the Spartans.

Popular culture

• Spartan (comics), Wildstorm comic book character
• Spartan (film), written and directed by David Mamet and starring Val Kilmer
• Spartan (book), the historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
• The SPARTAN Project, a story element in the Halo series of games
• Roderick Bradley, who competes as "Spartan", a gladiator in the UK TV series Gladiators
• 300, 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 plot revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads 300 Spartans into battle against Persian "god-King" Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his army of more than one million soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by a Spartan soldier.

Sports

Teams referred as the Spartans:

• Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Livonia, Michigan)
• Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut
• Athens Academy (school), Georgia
• Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
• Boardman High School (Mahoning County, Ohio)
• Border Central High School, Calvin, North Dakota
• Broad Run High School, Loudoun County, Virginia
• Brookfield East High School, Wisconsin
• Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School Ballston, New York
• Camelback High School, Phoenix, Arizona
• Campbell High School (Smyrna, Georgia)
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
• Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute, Guelph, Ontario
• Central Davidson High School, Lexington, North Carolina
• Central Union High School, El Centro, California
• Clark Road High School, London, Ontario
• Connersville High School
• Conneaut High School, Ohio
• Damien High School, La Verne, California
• De Smet Jesuit High School, Creve Coeur, Missouri
• Deptford High School, Deptford, New Jersey
• East Nicolaus High School
• East Longmeadow High School, Massachusetts
• East Syracuse-Minoa High School, New York
• Emporia High School, Kansas
• Essex Spartans, AFC, Essex, UK
• Fargo North High School, North Dakota
• Garden Spot High School, New Holland, Pennsylvania
• Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois
• Granger High School, Granger, Washington
• Greenbrier East High School, Fairlea, West Virginia
• Ħamrun Spartans F.C., Malta
• Hannover Spartans, Germany
• Holy Spirit High School (New Jersey)
• Homestead High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• Hutt Valley Spartans, Avalon, New Zealand
• La Crosse Spartans, Wisconsin
• Laurel High School (Laurel, Maryland)
• Laurel Jr/Sr High School, New Castle, Pennsylvania
• Manchester College (Indiana)
• Marist Catholic High School (Eugene, Oregon)
• Mason County Central High School (Scottville, Michigan)
• McFarland High School (Wisconsin)
• Miami Country Day School, Florida
• Michigan State Spartans
• Moberly High School, Moberly, Missouri
• Montour High School, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
• Mountain Brook High School, Alabama
• Norfolk State Spartans, Virginia
• North Newton High School
• North Springs Charter High School
• Ocean Township High School, New Jersey
• Pinole Valley High School, California
• Queensbury High School, New York
• Ramsey Junior Football (7th & 8th grades), New Jersey
• Richfield High school, Minnesota
• Ridgemont High School (Ottawa), Ontario
• Riverdale High School (Pierrefonds, Quebec)
• Roger Bacon High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Romeoville High School, Illinois
• Salmen High School, Slidell, Louisiana
• San Jose State Spartans, California
• Schurr High School, Montebello, California
• Scott Park High School, Hamilton, Ontario
• Seven Lakes High School, Fort Bend County, Texas
• Shinglehouse High School, Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania
• Sisler High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• South Knox High School, Indiana
• Southwestern High School (Shelbyville, Indiana)
• Souris Regional High School (Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada)
• South Jefferson Central School, Jefferson County, New York
• Spalding Catholic High School, Granville, Iowa
• Sparta High School (Michigan)
• Sparta High School (New Jersey)
• Sparta High School (Wisconsin)
• Spartan Cricket Club, Barbados
• Spartans F.C., Edinburgh, Scotland
• Stoneham High School
• St. Joseph Ogden High School, Illinois
• St. Thomas Aquinas College, Rockland County, New York
• St. Marks High School, Newark, Delaware
• Sumner High School, Sumner, Washington
• Sun Valley High School (North Carolina)
• Sylmar High School Sylmar, California
• University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• University of South Carolina Upstate
• University of Tampa, Florida
• Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, Maryland
• Webb School of Knoxville, Tennessee
• White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee
• Wyoming Valley West High School (Wyoming Valley West School District), Pennsylvania
• Postville Cora B Darling

Vehicles

• Alenia C-27J Spartan, military tactical transport aircraft
• FV103 Spartan, British armoured personnel carrier
• LIM-49 Spartan, American anti-ballistic missile
• Simmonds Spartan, 1920s British biplane
• Spartan Aircraft Company, American firm
• Spartan Aircraft Ltd, British firm
• Spartan Cars, a British kit car maker
• HMS Spartan, various British Royal Navy ships
• USS Spartan (SP-336), a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Template:Spartan Fighting Arts , Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts

Other

• Spartan (apple), apple cultivar developed in 1926
• Spartan Alphabet, in fingerspelling
• Spartan Stores, a regional grocery store chain (U.S. Midwest)
• Spartan Motors, manufacture of fire fighting vehicles

See also

• Sparta (disambiguation)
• Rob Stoubos