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 ...

The Battle of Chaeronea, believed to have taken place on August 2, 338 BCE, confirmed Macedonia's control over the southern ...

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 ...

The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle between the Greeks and the Persians in 480 BCE during the Persian Wars. It was an eye opening experience for Rick the others on the trip.

Israeli archeologists may have discovered the first-ever tomb of a woman known as a "hetaira" to Alexander the Great's army in Ancient Greece. A hetaira, or courtesan, was an "esteemed escort ...

Researchers posit that the helmet's owner was a Greek soldier who fought in the fifth-century B.C. Persian Wars. Clara Amit / Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority In 2007, the crew of a ...