User blog comment:The Milkman/Share Your Shepard's Story/@comment-4950455-20120713050413/@comment-4237253-20120715144252

They use Latin and Greek names for dozens of planets, why not a name? After all, it is fitting, considering his background.

@Legionwrex

That may be because the word "Sparta" is in the first half :D Although, Spartacus was Roman, not Greek.