Ancient Greek and Roman armies were large and fearsome for their time, but their warfare tactics and leadership during battle ...
The Greek Sacred Band was steeped in the epic military history of the ancient hoplite warriors. Established in 1942, the unit ...
Ancient historians loved to write about warfare and famous battles. While these millennia-old stories still feed modern imaginations – Homer’s “Iliad” provides the plot for the movie “Troy,” while ...
Greek historians like Herodotus are famous for writing down some of the first-ever Western historical records and waxing poetic about the skirmishes and wars waged throughout Ancient Greece. But just ...
Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xviii, 268. Maps, tables., diagr., chron., notes, biblio., index. $99.99. ISBN: 1108499503 Why Did Ancient ...
Geochemical evidence reveals that armies in the Battles of Himera were a mixture of locals and outsiders, according to a new study. These data contradict certain claims made in historical accounts by ...
Women of ancient Athens used clothing pins as weapons, prompting a shift in Ancient Greek fashion and societal control.