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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

An interesting discovery was recently made in Central Asia in Tajikistan containing Greek inscriptions on a rock.

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.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Across the street from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the ancient monument in central ... as the final stages of World War II unfolded, Athens, newly liberated from Nazi ...