Over 2,300 years have passed since the death of Alexander the Great, but he remains one of the most famous historical figures ...

Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in Sparta to become the hippeis—elite soldiers who formed ... Persian attempts to invade the Greek lands. At other times ...

According to Archaeology Magazine, Ukrainian soldiers found several ancient Greek artifacts during fortification ... which eventually came under the rule of the Roman Empire, continuing the ...

Soldiers found a second artifact at the site, identified as an oinochoe vessel, a jug with one handle and three spouts used to pour wine during an ancient Greek social gathering for aristocratic ...