The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to ...

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, officials said. The action appeared to be retaliation for Athens’ ...

A Research from the Academy of Athens argues that the Greeks actually chose Salamis after studying the area's climactic conditions.

The surprise defeat of the mighty Persian Empire in 490 B.C. began the Golden Age of Athens and the Greco-Persian wars. A well-armed Greek hoplite (right) slays a Persian soldier in a detail from a ...

The story of the Graeco-Persian wars has been often told, by ancients and moderns alike. But early in this book Shepherd, a classicist with several works on Ancient Greek history under his belt, ...

The Greek-flagged oil tanker Prudent Warrior sails past Istanbul in this 2019 photo. The ship is one of two seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian ...

Imperiums: Greek Wars is a combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Inspired by Aggressors: Ancient Rome, Kube Games bring you a fresh look at a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s ...