Bagnall (The Punic Wars, 2005), a former British army chief of the general staff, completed this rigorous study of ancient Greece's 27-year civil war just before his death in 2002. A seminal event in ...
On the eve of the Peloponnesian War in 432 BC, the wise king of Sparta, Archidamus, was summoned to address a clash between the Corinthians and Athenians. Corinth, an ally of Sparta, warned that ...
Athens and Sparta represented for classical thinkers distinct and opposing regimes. Democratic Athens took pride in its freedom, openness, and accomplishments in the arts and philosophy. Oligarchic ...
New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Pp. xxviii, 418. Illus., maps, chron., personae, gloss., notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0199996644 Fresh Light on the ...
If you imagine yourself in ancient Greece, it is probably in one of the two principal cities (or city-states), democratic, fractious, philosophy-loving Athens, or oligarchic, disciplined, ...
The ancient Greeks were no strangers to warfare, or to drinking. Wine and combat pervaded Greek culture, so today we’re going to take a look at fifth-century Greece, to see how wine played a role not ...
According to legendary sources, Temenus is one of the most significant founding figures in the history of early Greece.
Mark Munn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Dean Karnazes’ life of running preposterous distances began at age 14 in San Clemente. As the “Ultramarathon Man” relates in his latest book, “The Road to Sparta,” San Clemente High School students ...
Athens and Sparta represented for classical thinkers distinct and opposing regimes. Democratic Athens took pride in its freedom, openness, and accomplishments in the arts and philosophy. Oligarchic ...
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