Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was […] ...

Ancient Greek athletes fought in brutal contests of the ancient Olympics, where sacred honor and civic pride shaped modern ...

Did the Trojan War really happen? This ancient Greek conflict was once considered fact and later myth, but Sky HISTORY’s Troy ...

Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...

In short, I fully recommend Ancient Greeks at War, an excellent survey for anyone seeking a solid grounding in Greek and Macedonian warfare systems, as we understand them now. FootNote. For those who ...

Their ravaging fields and raiding coastlines, plans which Bagnall mocks as futile because of the small economic and diplomatic damage they inflicted, had a different significance to ancient Greeks, ...

Ancient Greek lawmaker Solon of Athens is the statesman who laid the foundations for today's democracy in the sixth century ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Horses were first domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes during the 4th millennium B.C.E. and spread to and throughout the Near East and Mediterranean from there. In Greece, horses became important in ...