From the sleek, deadly triremes to the colossal tessarakonteres, ancient Greek ships inspired modern ship design.

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 ...

Ancient Greek mercenaries were a ubiquitous force on the battlefields of the ancient Mediterranean where they fought for ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is ... the Great defeated the Persian Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team. They lined up in ranks and locked their ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire.

“In this light, it is unsurprising if ancient authors would choose to embellish the Greeks for Greeks aspect of the battles, rather than admitting they had to pay for it.” But research ...

A team of researchers were inspired by a “chance dinner-table conversation” and decided to test a replica of the ancient Greek armor by simulating a Late Bronze Age battle, according to a ...

an ancient Greek courier, ran 26 miles from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory in a decisive battle over the Persians—then died on the spot. As legend would have it ...

Since its discovery in 1960, it has been unclear whether it was simply a ceremonial suit or for battle. With its overlapping ... were also asked to eat an ancient Greek diet, consisting of dry ...