Antiquity

When the Roman military is depicted in movies and video games, then the Roman soldiers are usually white. But is that historically accurate? Were Roman soldiers white or were there…

Each year millions of people marvel at the sight of ancient Roman buildings like the Colosseum, Trajan`s columns, the Forum Romanum (the Roman Forum), and the Circus Maximus. But unlike…

Alexander the Great created an enormous empire that stretched from Greece all the way to modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan and from Thrace to Egypt. But why did Alexander the Great…

Alexander the Great conquered an enormous empire that stretched from Greece to modern-day Afghanistan. And he did it within 10 years! But after his death the empire, that Alexander had…