He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...

It was a suicide mission, designed to detain the Persians just long enough for the rest of the Greek allies to gather their forces. Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans heroically held the Persians ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece ...

Little did Leonidas know that over 2,500 years later, "Molon Lave" would be used as a global marketing tool -from weapons to ...

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Unlike in ancient Greece, women get to vote ... He led the Athenian navy in the war with Persia, but was later banished. This is a terracotta statue of Nike, the goddess of victory.

Archaeologists from the University of Michigan have made a remarkable discovery of a hoard of Persian gold coins in the ancient Greek city-state of Notion, situated on the west coast of Anatolia ...

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC ... held the first Olympic Games and they fought off the invading Persian army. This period is known by historians as the Archaic period of Greek ...