Imagine you were a warrior from the moment you were born, loyal, only to the State. Whilst Athen s will always be remembered as the Greek centre of the arts, philosophy, and education, Sparta was home to the ancient world's most elite warriors.

If you were born ill or handicapped in Sparta, you'd be thrown into the wilderness, and life got even harsher as you grew.. but how difficult was it really to live as a Spartan? And would you have survived these treacherous conditions?