Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from ... called for Pheidippides running with a military message from Athens to Sparta and back again within an incredible three ...

Scholars have identified interesting parallels between the military alliances of NATO and the ancient Athenian-led Delian League.

The presence of unprecedented numbers of Greek infantry in the armies of Persia ... ‘This is an essential read for anyone interested in the ancient west, not only throwing light on the military ...

Little remains of the ancient ... legacy is a military ideal, embodied in Leonidas, hero of Thermopylae, commemorated here in a statue in the modern city of Sparta in Greece.

and some historians say that although the ancient Greek military general may very well have had same-sex relations, modern ...

The island of Aegina is one of the most popular Greek spots thanks to its proximity to Athens, but few know that for a short ...

A fragment of cloth found in a royal tomb in Greece decades ago might be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the ...

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...

When we think about animal sacrifice, ancient societies such as the Greeks come to mind. But why did they ritually slaughter ...

Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East is an essential read for anyone interested in the ancient west, not only throwing light on the military practice of the times, but also gives us some ...