The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and ...

The myth of Sparta’s martial prowess owes much of its power to a storied feat of heroism accomplished by Leonidas, king of Sparta and hero of the celebrated Battle of Thermopylae (480 B.C.).

In the late summer of 480 BC, almost the entire population of Athens abandoned their city in a fleet of ships bound for the town of Troizen on the Peloponnese. Crammed into every sea-worthy vessel ...