Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

Introduction Alexander the Great is known in the world as one of the greatest Emperors and warriors who fought and conquered ...

And beneath those ancient ruins they uncovered a pot — overflowing with Persian gold coins. The hoard was seemingly left there by a soldier who — for some reason, probably a tragic one — was ...

This area occupied a border region between the Persian and Athenian spheres of influence. [Related: These ‘fake’ ancient Roman coins might actually be real.] Thucydides recounted that between ...