Last name: Constant. Recorded in the spellings of Constance, Constant, and even Custance, this is a surname is of ultimately Roman origins. It derives from the ancient pre-Christian word 'constantia', meaning constant, which became the female baptismal name 'Constance', although in its original form in England it was spelt 'Custance'. It is also found as the male given name 'Constantine', and the surname can also derive from this source.
In the slaughtering pen at Thermopylae â as the narrow killing fields might be called â a king died and a legend was born. Led by Leonidas, the three hundred Spartans stood and fell and took the pride of the Persian Empire down with them.
Back. 1  On Sparta (Penguin Classics) Plutarch. 4.3 out of 5 stars 27. 2  Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae. Steven Pressfield. 3  Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World. Paul Cartledge. 4  The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece. Robert Morkot. 5  The Warrior Ethos. Steven Pressfield.