Modern Sparta is the capital of the Greek regional unit of Laconia and a center for the processing of goods such as citrus and olives .
It then underwent a long period of decline , especially in the Middle Ages , when many Spartans moved to live in Mystras .
Modern Spartans is the Spartans of the Greek regional unit of Laconia and a center for the processing of goods such as citrus and olives .
It then underwent a long period of decline , especially in the Middle Ages , when many Spartans moved to live in Mystras .