Seven fully preserved skeletons found in an ancient city in Croatia have been identified as Roman soldiers who would have ...

Roman soldier Sextus Congenius Verus was buried 1,900 years ago in Italy. So how did his grave marker end up in a backyard in ...

For centuries, the festival calendar has been a spectacular affair. Here’s a look at some of the oldest celebrations around ...

In a striking new analysis from the acclaimed Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series, readers are invited to explore the lesser-known, yet critically important, oligarchic structure of ancient Corinth.

Surrounded by the Cyclopean walls, the ancient Greek city of Tiryns predated Mycenae and later became part of the Mycenaean ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens’ famed Acropolis Hill, ...

Israel should want to be Athens, not Sparta, two liberal Zionist academics argue.

In any event, Perdiccas and his brothers arrived in another part of Macedon and settled close to a site called the “Garden of Midas.” Perdiccas is recognized as the founder of the Argead dynasty, and ...

Popular culture has mythologised The Spartans as militaristic warriors but how much of what we think we know is actually true ...

This week’s reviews range from a stunning work from a new indie Australian publisher to speculative YA, a history of the ...