Ancient Greeks of Athens used the courtroom as a democratic arena where ordinary citizens relied on lawsuits to keep elites accountable.

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 ...

5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from ...

A rare Attic marble votive relief from the second half of the 4th century B.C. and five small bronze human figurines have been repatriated from London, marking the latest success in Greece’s ...

Discovered in 2010 and excavated since 2013, the tomb dates back to the ancient kingdom of Phrygia (1200 to 675 BCE), but is ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don't just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...

Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Parties in ancient Greece were wild, with evidence of copious alcohol and sex. That’s the popular idea that endures today.

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopedist ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

Greek football has an ambitious plan to reform how the game is played in the country Yorick Jansens/Getty Images 480BC. A force of some 7,000 men, led by the Spartan king Leonidas, guard the narrow ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Southern and Grambling State universities competed Friday night at the Bayou Classic Greek Show and Battle of the Bands, with 25,000 fans expected for the event that celebrates ...