Laconia the southwest of Laconia. Laconia has a Mediterranean climate with warm winters and hot summers. Snow is rare on the coast throughout the winter but is very common in the mountains. Evidence of Neolithic settlement in southern Laconia has been found during excavations of the Alepotrypa cave site. In ancient Greece, this was the principal region of the Spartan state. For much of classical antiquity the Spartan sphere of influence expanded to Messenia, whose inhabitants (the Helots) were enslaved. Significant archaeological recovery exists at the Vaphio-tomb site in Laconia. Found here is advanced Bronze Age art as well as evidence
The Sinking of the Laconia with no survivors. The production is a cooperation of the British BBC with the German ARD Degeto and SWR Fernsehen, executed by TalkbackThames and Teamworx. The idea to bring the story of the "Laconia" to screen was conceived in 2004 by Talkback Thames head of drama Johnathan Young. On 9 January 2011, BBC Two broadcast a half-hour documentary, "The Sinking of the Laconia: Survivors' Stories", featuring testimonies from the actual survivors of the "Laconia". Beginning 14 April 2012, Ovation television aired "The Sinking of the Laconia" in the United States. The Sinking of the Laconia The Sinking of the Laconia