Antiquity

Sparta was probably the most famous military power of Ancient Greece. And yet Alexander the Great never conquered Sparta, even though Sparta waged war against him and got badly defeated…

Gladiators are usually among the first things we think of when we hear about ancient Rome. But our imagination of gladiatorial combat (and the weapons that Gladiators used) is often…

When it comes to written sources about the Persian Wars, the Histories of Herodotus* are one of our best (and basically only) sources. But despite their uniqueness, we have to…

When it comes to the question of how Roman citizens proved their identity and their citizenship we have to differentiate between Roman citizens who had been born as Roman citizens…