The Macedonian army of King Philip II and Alexander the Great was renowned for its success in conquering the Persian Empire.

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

Israeli archeologists may have discovered the first-ever tomb of a woman known as a "hetaira" to Alexander the Great's army in Ancient Greece. A hetaira, or courtesan, was an "esteemed escort," said ...

Peter Hunt, associate professor and chair of classics, demonstrates a mock blood sacrifice during a spear-and-formation exercise in his Alexander the Great and the Rise of Macedonia class. Photo by ...

DNA from a 2,500-year-old battlefield in Sicily reveals that mercenary soldiers were common, if not the Homeric ideal. By Franz Lidz Wherever there is an out-of-the-way war, there will be mercenaries ...

New York and Oxford: Routledge, 1976 / 2025. Pp. 274+. Illus., maps, appends., gloss., notes, index. $96.00. ISBN:104101399X A reissue of a class work on Greece ...

A new Netflix series about the life of Alexander the Great, which includes scenes of him with a male lover, has faced criticism from some Greek officials, and some historians say that although the ...

From ancient Greek fire to flamethrower drones in 2024, fire's legacy as a weapon blazes on. Who knew tech could reignite the ...