Herodotus & The Histories – A Complete Guide
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…
The timeperiod from 500 BC to 500 AD
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…
One of the first things we connect to Sparta is the Battle of Thermopylae and the Spartan resistance against the Persian invasion of Greece. But it might come as a…
Early Greek History 545 BC: The Greek city-states in Asia Minor fall under Persian dominion 511/510 BC: The last Athenian tyrant Hippias is expelled with the help of Sparta; Athens…