Antiquity

Slavery was pretty normal in Ancient Greece and almost nobody questioned the institution of slavery. But did that mean that slaves were cheap and everybody could afford slaves in ancient…

Have you ever heard the claim that Spartan wives/mothers told their husbands/sons to either „return on their shield or with it“? When we watch movies that feature Sparta then that…

One of the most iconic sentences from the movie 300: Rise of an Empire* is when the Persian king of kings is told „All of Greece has united against you“.…

There is the idea that a Spartan warrior rather died than retreated from battle. That idea is so popular, that even Hermann Göring drew a parallel between the last defenders…