Come Back With Your Shield or on It – Fact or Fiction?!
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…
The timeperiod from 500 BC to 500 AD
Did All of Greece Unite Against Persia? The Truth!
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“.…
Why Did the Greeks Choose to Fight at Thermopylae? The Plan!
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…
The Size & Population of Ancient Greek Cities (Sparta, Athens & Others)
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,…
