The largest recorded naumachia came some years later. This reenactment of battle between the “Rhodians” and “Sicilians” was ...

The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...

It's a city inhabited for 11,000 years and has seen empires come and go, including the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.

Not counting Brad Pitt’s breastplate-buster Troy, Homer hasn’t exactly been a go-to inspiration for Hollywood. That’s unlikely to change with Uberto Pasolini’s The Return, a handsome but dour take on ...

contributing twenty triremes to the Greek side in the Battle of Salamis during the Persian Wars and land forces at the Battle of Plataea). Plan of Olympia. Number 10 is the stadium and number 15 is ...

In this first installment, Ganor investigates the famed linen armor of Ancient Greece, known as the linothorax.

Two towns, Argos and Corinth began trades with the Near ... However, the end of this war found most Greek towns down to their knees after the long battles. After the Peloponnesian War, a new political ...

Ancient Greek statues and artistic treasures housed in Paris museums depict the Greeks' influence on the entire European continent.

Major discoveries, from ancient tombs to submerged cities, reveal the incredible advancements of Greek civilization.

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...