New Horizons launched on January 19, 2006, and itâll reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. Do a little math and youâll find that it has taken 9 years, 5 months and 25 days. The Voyager spacecraft did the distance between Earth and Pluto in about 12.5 years, although, neither spacecraft actually flew past Pluto.
Sparta (Doric Greek: ÏÏÎ¬ÏÏÎ±, SpÃ¡rtÄ; Attic Greek: ÏÏÎ¬ÏÏÎ·, SpÃ¡rtÄ) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. In antiquity the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (Î»Î±ÎºÎµÎ´Î±Î¯Î¼ÏÎ½, LakedaÃ­mÅn), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.
Sparta's defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta's prominent role in Greece. However, it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC. It then underwent a long period of decline, especially in the Middle Ages, when many Spartans moved to live in Mystras.