Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece ... history, mothers have wept in seeing their sons set out for ...

It would be another three centuries before Rome absorbed the Greek ... Persian Empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire in becoming the dominant power of the Near East. Drawing on the rich history ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

Thucydides’s account, History of the Peloponnesian War, is considered a classic, as well as being one of the earliest known ...

At the height of its prestige, Athens was the dominant maritime power in the Aegean, enjoying hegemony at sea.

Fighting between the Persian and Athenian armies in the ancient Greek city of Notion ... believe the coins were intended for: ...

I'm a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Oxford ... But at this time, the time of the Persian War, so the Spartans had no rules against this, and, indeed, it's a true story.

(2024) Antiquity “The main features are vestiges of an ancient settlement — residential houses, other above-ground structures and two underground cisterns — and Second World War monuments ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...