According to ancient Greek historian Herodotus, Leonidas was the son of King Alexandridas and his first wife, an unnamed woman who was also the king’s niece. Leonidas, however, was not the first child ...

The Graeco-Persian Wars, sometimes referred to as simply the Persian Wars included some of the most epic clashes in human history. Spanning a 50-year period, these conflicts between the Greek ...

📜 The Battle of Thermopylae, Part 2: Why does everyone know the Greek defeat at Thermopylae, but victories like Salamis and Plataea remain obscure? Because it helped define Greek, and thus “western” ...

It was the year 467 BC when an enraged woman approached the door of the Temple of Athena Chalkioikos in Sparta and placed a brick with an inscription that read: Unworthy of being a Spartan, you are ...

Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 5th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

For thousands of years, naval battles have been some of the most decisive military conflicts. Controlling the seas allows victors to dominate ports, trade routes, and encircle opponents. With such ...

Today, on August 27, 479 BCE the Greek warriors annihilated and put an end to Persian ambitions at the Battle of Plataea. This ferocious battle was the final clash of the second Persian invasion of ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The key players and moments of Rubicon are part of folk-memory: Julius Caesar; Anthony and Cleopatra; "et tu, Brute?"; the die is ...