Antiquity

Whenever Roman battles are portrayed in movies they usually have one thing in common. The mortality rate of the soldiers is ridiculously high so that the battle ends with most…

Hoplites, heavily armored militia-men fighting in a phalanx formation dominated warfare during the archaic and classical Greek area. But Hoplites were not only used in the Greek sphere of influence…

Have you ever heard the myth that Romans (like all people in Antiquity and the Middle Ages) were rather short? I certainly have heard that myth several times, oftentimes with…

When we think of ancient Greek swords then we usually imagine the Kopis, a type of sword that especially movies like 300 have made famous. And when we think of…