One of the most legendary battles of the ancient world, the Battle of Marathon marked a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars. In this video, I break down how a vastly outnumbered Athenian force ...

Control of the Oracle of Delphi was a key issue in Ancient Greece, and various cities and coalitions fought over it during ...

Centuries after the Persian wars, a coalition of Greek city states fought again on Thermopylae. This time a Celtic army ...

When Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under a torrent of ash in A.D. 79, it also preserved one of the ancient world’s most ...

Students moved in formation as a hoplite phalanx, then tried out the Macedonian phalanx, a superior formation that facilitated Alexander’s defeat of the Persian Empire and his creation of one of the ...

Indeed, at the real battle, there weren’t rhinoceroses or elephants in the Persian army. Their king, Xerxes, was bearded and sat on a throne high above the battle; he wasn’t, as in the movie ...

Egyptologist unravels ancient mystery Date: June 19, 2014 Source: Leiden University Summary: It is one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of all times: the disappearance of a Persian army of ...

Iran undermines Turk-Kurd peace pact, ancient Persian chemical warfare, Army col’s, Uighurs, etc. – Foreign Policy This article was published more than 10 years ago ...