Possible Clues:

• Old rival of Athens bit into it
• Army supporting fight for ancient city
• Painting in spring in old Greek city
• Sally Army holds region in ancient city
• An unimportant quarrel about resistance to first aid in ancient city
• Capital of department of Laconia in southern Peloponnese, Greece
• Ancient city, not all in South Africa
• Ancient city's role in South Africa
• A gin's knocked back in ancient city
• Peloponnesian War city-state