Owen Rees is a freelance historian, writer, and researcher specializing in ancient Greek history. He serves as assistant editor of Sparta: Journal of Ancient Spartan and Greek History and is a regular contributor to Ancient Warfare. Rees studied Ancient History at University of Reading and completed postgraduate research in History at University of Nottingham. His work focuses on Sparta, warfare, and political culture in the ancient Greek world, drawing on literary and archaeological sources to examine military practice and civic life.