Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...
Legendary for their ferocious combat skills, the Spartans built a warrior culture in ancient Greece unsurpassed for its courage and military prowess. Eminent historian Cartledge (Spartan Reflections) ...
Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...
No matter how ambiguous, the ancient Greek oracle of Delphi has given some accurate advice or prophecies that shaped Ancient ...
MILAN (Reuters Life!) - In one of his books, Italian archeology professor and novelist Valerio Massimo Manfredi recounts his elation of the moment when as a university student he started reading the ...
Accompanies the PBS series The Spartans. Originally published as The Spartans: an epic history / London, 4 Books, 2002. pt. 1. 'Go, tell the Spartans' -- 1. Under the sign of Lycurgus -- 2. Sparta in ...