The Battle of Thymbra was a pivotal moment in the history of the ancient world. It was fought between the Persian Empire and ...

Geochemical evidence reveals that armies in the Battles of Himera were a mixture of locals and outsiders, according to a new study. These data contradict certain claims made in historical accounts by ...

The Temple of Victory at Himera, Sicily, was constructed by the defeated Carthaginians after the first Battle of Himera in 480 BCE. (Photo by Katherine Reinberger via Courthouse News) (CN) — Foreign ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Many of the artefacts and stories that have been preserved from ancient Greece relate to warfare, which ...

Fragments of an ancient Greek text telling of an invasion of Greece by the Goths during the third century A.D. have been discovered in the Austrian National Library. The text includes a battle fought ...

The ancient Greeks relied on help from non-Greek mercenaries when it came to fighting their enemies, suggests an analysis of bodies in 2500-year-old mass graves. The western Mediterranean witnessed ...