EADaily, September 15th, 2026. Tell me friends, who of you remembers the Battle of Thermopylae? And let's have a bet — ask ...

Greek football has an ambitious plan to reform how the game is played in the country Yorick Jansens/Getty Images 480BC. A force of some 7,000 men, led by the Spartan king Leonidas, guard the narrow ...

Oxford University classics scholar Kershaw (The Enemies of Rome) explores in this detailed and wide-ranging history the immediate and long-term impacts of the Persian Wars in ancient Greece. Drawing ...

The battle of Thermopylae has been well represented in books — historical fiction and nonfiction — and films. Its brutal bloodletting and horribly stacked odds make it tempting as fruit for ...