5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from ...

Ancient Greece is a pretty common setting for lots of movies centered on ancient warfare. Fortunately, there were quite a lot of conflicts going on at the time that the Ancient Greeks were around, so ...

Ancient Greek Tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse led a daring invasion of Africa, shaping Sicily’s history and influencing ...

Scientists and modern soldiers tested a replica of the 3,500-year-old Dendra armor in a hands-on experiment and found it was functional, a study said. Photo from Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković, ...

Historian Roel Konijnendijk reviews ancient warfare scenes and battle tactics in movies and TV shows. He looks at the naval battle and gladiator fights depicted in "Gladiator II," starring Paul Mescal ...

A rare Attic marble votive relief from the second half of the 4th century B.C. and five small bronze human figurines have been repatriated from London, marking the latest success in Greece’s ...