Neither the course nor the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War was foreseeable at its outset. Of the...
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A substantial amount of the artifacts in the Thracian archaeological record comes from diverse cultural and stylistic...
The Lacedaemonians abandoned the grand strategy they had articulated early on. Introduction In ancient Lacedaemon, as in...
Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity.[1] Agricultural...
Darius took personal command of his army for this encounter and led them to a resounding defeat....
In a gradual process of Hellenization, the Samaritans developed their own variant of Hellenism. When Alexander the...
Alexander the Great pushed east into Mesopotamia with the intention of bringing Darius to battle. Introduction After...
The attack had been six years in the making, and still, the Persians were not fully prepared....
Political and moral views are framed in terms of a fight between patriot and traitor, law and...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
The alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
After looting its treasures, Alexander burned the great palace and surrounding city to the ground, as Xerxes...
Athens’s heavy-handed control of the Delian League ultimately prompted the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. Introduction The Delian...
Strabo tells us that the city of Side was founded around the 7th century BCE by Greek...
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic successor state of Alexander the Great’s empire, which at its height...
The myth of Theseus’ sacred journey’ continued to be re-enacted in an Athenian state festival held in...
Clay model of a first century Roman War Ship / Museum of Sparta The story of modeled ships...
Potters began to enrich vases in the Geometric Period with depictions of people, animals, ships, and more....
Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of Ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and...
Epaminondas transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a preeminent...
The sound quality in ancient times was likely much better than it is today. By Brigit Katz It...
Examining the ancient Greek interpretation of freedom and its collateral of responsibility. Scientific Deliberation and Practical Wisdom―Exclusive...
Athenians preferred to memorialize punishments for eternity. By Dr. Danielle S. AllenJames Conant Bryan University Professor of...
Analyzing the Hasmonean rulers’ approach to Hellenistic culture. Abstract The archaeological excavations of the Hasmonean palaces in...
The dead wait to be ferried across the River Styx. The Souls of Acheron (1898) by Adolf Hiremy...
Tablet with Instructions for the Deceased in the Underworld, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 7/8 × 1 7/16...
The weapon ceased to exist by the time the Ottoman Empire finally conquered Constantinople in 1453. September...
The napalm of ancient warfare. By Mark CartwrightHistor Introduction Greek Fire was an incendiary weapon first used in Byzantine...
Constructing a “national” identity of the Athenian inhabitants during the tyrannical governance of Peisistratos and his sons....