While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

No other ancient historian has written a book so insightful on the mechanisms of war as Thucydides' History of the ...

An 1888 illustration shows a bust of the ancient Greek historian and general ... convince the city of Akanthos to revolt from Athens and join Sparta, deftly playing on their fear of losing a ...

With no fleet left, Athens tried desperately ... a peace delegation set off for Sparta. The conditions were severe. Unconditional surrender was far more unusual in the ancient world than it ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... of its unique culture is impossible to ignore. Unlike Athens to the north, Sparta was famed for its austerity—its “spartan” character ...

The map below shows the location of Sparta and Athens. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Average temperatures hover around 19°C in May, with highs of 23°C, making it the perfect time to explore before the summer ...

The result was the Delian League, a sort of ancient ... power it gave Athens over the rest of Greece were to become one of the major reasons for the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and its ...

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 ...

It emphasizes the pride of Greek city-states, particularly Athens ... by Sparta, suggesting that while the Golden Age ended, its legacy continues to influence future generations. Keywords ancient ...