but a clear sign of unprecedented foreign political influence among the most powerful leaders and cities of Greece for much of the fourth century. ‘This is an essential read for anyone interested in ...

Researchers at the University of Thessaly in Greece asked marines to carry out combat exercises wearing replicas of a 3,500-year-old suit of armour, found near the village of Dendra, near ancient ...

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back -- not just from Marathon ...

Little remains of the ancient ... legacy is a military ideal, embodied in Leonidas, hero of Thermopylae, commemorated here in a statue in the modern city of Sparta in Greece.

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 ...