Oxford University classics scholar Kershaw (The Enemies of Rome) explores in this detailed and wide-ranging history the immediate and long-term impacts of the Persian Wars in ancient Greece. Drawing ...

Xerxes had spent years planning his invasion of Greece. It was to be his 'divine punishment' for his father, Darius' crushing defeat at Marathon in 490 BC. Now, a decade later, he had spared no ...

A study analyzes how the historical tradition, beginning with Herodotus, exalted the feat of Leonidas and his men, relegating to oblivion the heroism of the Thespian hoplites, who also fought and died ...

The once-in-a-lifetime journey continues for KTBS 3's Rick Rowe and his fellow travelers. They are making amazing memories as they explore Ancient Greece on their vacation with Collette. One of the ...

Col Satish Lalotra slalotra4729@gmail.com When the winter of 1962 settled over the eastern Ladakh heights, few in the Indian ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Travis Bean writes about the best movies available to stream. War films have always gripped us with their potent mix of action, ...

In the past 20 years, films such as The Hurt Locker and 1917 have taken viewers on the frontlines of bomb threats, behind ...

Ancient Greece is a pretty common setting for lots of movies centered on ancient warfare. Fortunately, there were quite a lot of conflicts going on at the time that the Ancient Greeks were around, so ...

On Sparta’s Second Attic War, by Paul A. Rahe. Sparta’s check of imperial Athens in the inconclusive so-called First Peloponnesian War (460–445 B.C.) foreshadowed a remarkable subsequent ...