Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...

In the year 338 BC, the forces of Philip ii of Macedon and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens and Thebes clashed in a decisive battle that would change the course of history. The armies ...

Battles BC is a 2009 documentary series looking at key battles in ancient history. The show was known for its very gritty nature, visual effects similar to the movie 300 and its highly choreographed ...

The ancient Greeks relied on help from non-Greek mercenaries when it came to fighting their enemies, suggests an analysis of bodies in 2500-year-old mass graves. The western Mediterranean witnessed ...

A new analysis of dozens of arrowheads is helping researchers piece together a clearer portrait of the warriors who clashed on Europe’s oldest known battlefield 3,250 years ago. The bronze and flint ...

Before today’s super-advanced warships with sophisticated weapons and entirely new ways of conducting warfare, there were the famous military ships of the Ancient civilizations. Though less complex ...

No matter how ambiguous, the ancient Greek oracle of Delphi has given some accurate advice or prophecies that shaped Ancient ...