A historian looks at the plague that hit Ancient Athens and explains how a massive government spending plan backfired 2,500 ...

The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

Are we all political animals? Aristotle thought so. Politics, he believed, was the art of the possible, but extremes of ...

Discover fascinating ancient myths and legends – from lost cities to warrior women – that archaeologists and scientists have ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it ...

Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military ...

In 2009, struggling with the significant behavioral health injuries of Soldiers and families as a result of the “Long War,” ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

A rare Roman-era mosaic discovered beneath a farmer’s field in Rutland has been found to depict a forgotten version of the ...

New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...

A rare mosaic found beneath a farmer's field actually depicts a different historical tale than researchers previously thought ...

Pedantry” and “pedant” have changed their meanings over the centuries, says Arnoud SQ Visser in his new book, On Pedantry. In ...