Spartan

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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.

Media

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 Program, 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 "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:

Non-scholastic teams

Blyth Spartans A.F.C., Northumberland, England
Ħamrun Spartans F.C., Malta
Co-op Bank Spartans, Nairobi, Kenya
Hannover Spartans, Germany
Hutt Valley Spartans, Avalon, New Zealand
La Crosse Spartans, Wisconsin
Spartan Cricket Club, Barbados
Spartans F.C., Edinburgh, Scotland
Fairlands Valley Spartans,Stevenage, England

University teams

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana
Michigan State Spartans, East Lansing, Michigan
Norfolk State Spartans, Norfolk, Virginia
San Jose State Spartans, San Jose, California
St. Thomas Aquinas College, Rockland County, New York
Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia
Universities at Medway, Kent, United Kingdom
University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina
University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida
University of Cape Town Men's C Crew Rowing Team, Cape Town, South Africa

High school teams

Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Livonia, Michigan)
Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut
Athens Academy (school), Georgia
Baker High School, Baker, Montana
Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Bishop Walsh School, Cumberland, Maryland
Bixby High School, Bixby, Oklahoma
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)
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 La Salle High School, Concord, California
De Smet Jesuit High School, Creve Coeur, Missouri
Deptford High School, Deptford, New Jersey
East Highland Spartans Youth Football, Highland, CA
East Longmeadow High School, Massachusetts
East Syracuse-Minoa High School, New York
Eastside High School, Coeburn,Va
Emery High School, Castle Dale, Utah
Emporia High School, Kansas
Essex Spartans, AFC, Essex, UK
Fargo North High School, North Dakota
Framingham North High School 1963 - 1991, Massachusetts
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
Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, Georgia
Hazelton Secondary School, Hazelton, British Columbia
Holy Spirit High School (New Jersey)
Homestead High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Laurel High School (Laurel, Maryland)
La Salle Secondary School (Kingston, Ontario)
Laurel Jr/Sr High School, New Castle, Pennsylvania
Lewis S. Mills High School, Burlington, Connecticut
Lorne Park Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Marist Catholic High School (Eugene, Oregon)
Mason County Central High School (Scottville, Michigan)
McFarland High School (Wisconsin)
Miami Country Day School, Florida
Milne Valley Middle School, Toronto, Ontario
Moberly High School, Moberly, Missouri
Montour High School, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
Mountain Brook High School, Alabama
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
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
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
Skyline High School, Issaquah, Washington
Smithfield-Selma High School, Smithfield, North Carolina
Solon High School,Solon,Iowa
South Knox High School, Indiana
South Warren High School, Bowling Green, Kentucky
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)
Start High School (Toledo, Ohio)
Stoneham High School
St. John's Catholic High School, Spartan (Perth), Ontario, Canada
St. Johns Country Day School, Florida
St. Joseph Ogden High School, Illinois
St.Jago High School,Jamaica
St. Marks High School, Newark, Delaware
Sumner High School, Sumner, Washington
Sun Valley High School (North Carolina)
Sylmar High School Sylmar, California
Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, Maryland
Waynesville High School, Waynesville, Ohio
Webb School of Knoxville, Tennessee
West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia
Westlane Secondary School, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee
Williamsville North High School, Williamsville, New York
W. W. Samuell High School, Dallas, Texas
Wyoming Valley West High School (Wyoming Valley West School District), Pennsylvania
Murray High School, Murray, Utah

People

Andrey Koreshkov (born 1990), Russian mixed martial artist nicknamed "Spartan"
Lucio Linhares (born 1973), Brazilian mixed martial artist nicknamed "Spartan"
Vinicius Queiroz (born 1983), Brazilian mixed martial artist nicknamed "Spartan"

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

Other

Spartan (software), a molecular modeling and computational chemistry application
Spartan (apple), apple cultivar developed in 1926
Spartan Alphabet, in fingerspelling
Spartan Fighting Championship, a U.S. mixed martial arts organization
Spartan Stores, a regional grocery store chain (U.S. Midwest)
Spartan Motors, manufacturer of fire fighting vehicles
Spartan race, an type of obstacle-based race
Spartans, runners who have completed 10 Melbourne Marathons
Spartan Aircraft Company
Spartan Aircraft Ltd
Spartan Communications, a company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina that was purchased by Media General in 2000.