Antiquity

When we think of ancient Greece, then many of us immediately think of Sparta. The military might of Sparta, its military society, but also the fact that such a powerful…

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…

Today, we usually think of the state of Greece when we hear the term Greek. But the ancient Greeks did not only settle in the territory of modern-day Greece. Instead,…

The Battle of Thermopylae, the battle where Leonidas, 300 Spartans, and a couple of thousand other – usually forgotten Greeks – fought, is one of the most famous battles in…