Just 50 kilometers south of Athens, between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, lies the mines of Laurion. Silver, copper, lead have ...

In Part 1, we look at the background: Persia's invasion of Greece in 480 BC ... and a formidable army. In 334 BC he used this army to launch a invasion of the Persian Empire, winning a crucial ...

He took it as his duty to continue his father’s mission to subjugate Greece. In 480 BC, the vast Persian army, led by King Xerxes, crossed the Hellespont and moved south to Greece. Themistocles, the ...

According to legend, Pheiidippides ran from the plains of Marathon to Athens to deliver the news that the Greek Army had won a crucial battle against the invading Persian Army. “Rejoice ...

Over 80 Persian-mix cats are in the care of B.C. SPCA animal centres in Surrey and Kamloops after the family of their late owner reached out for help.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of ...

“the 300 defending 300 million” — an ode to Sparta’s citizen-warriors who fearlessly held off the much larger Persian Army in the Battle at Thermopylae. Though those numbers no longer fit ...

WASHINGTON — The Army is pausing helicopter flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has temporarily suspended helicopter training missions to the Pentagon after a series of close calls involving military aircraft and commercial planes near Reagan ...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Army's newest long-range hypersonic weapon will be called "Dark Eagle" the Pentagon announced Thursday after a successful test flight. The land-based, truck ...