Ancient Greece

Coin of Gorgon 525-500 B.C

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Ancient Coinage of Ionia, Teos

Griffin seated and many others [Ancient Coins] [Greece] [Mythology]...

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Coin of the Griffin Springing 410-386 B.C

Herophanes. Griffin springing l. Rv. Hd. of Hermes l. wearing petasus tied under chin [Ancient Coins] [Greece] [Mythology]...

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Coin of Philip III, 323-317 B.C.

Ancient Coinage of Macedonia, Kings, Philip III. Philip III Arrhidaeus, half-brother of Alexander the Great, and King of Macedonia 323-317 BC. [Ancient Coins] [Greece]...

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Gold Coin of Philip III, 323-317 B.C.

Macedonian Kings. Front: Helmeted head of Athena. Reverse: Nike std. hld. mast and wreath; monogram and torch [Ancient Coins] [Greece]...

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Sparta - Ancient Greek Civilizations

Sparta (also known as Lacedaemeon) is situated on the southern Pelloponesus, and was originally founded during the Dorian invasions. Where the Dorians had in some cities managed to emmesh themselves into a place of aristocratic neutrality with the general populace, in other cities, the Dorians held tight rule which relegated the native citizens to ...

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Athens

By 502 BC, Athens had pretty much established its culture and political structure, just as Sparta had pretty much established its culture and political structure by 550 BC. Athens was more or less a democracy; it had become primarily a trading and commercial center; a large part of the Athenian economy focussed on cash crops for export and crafts; ...

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Greek and Roman History

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The Acropolis at night

Greece, Athens, The Acropolis (meaning `high city`) is the most important ancient monument in the western hemisphere. The first temples were built in Mycenean times (1450-1200 BC), the ruins still standing date from the early 5th century BC. (Tony Stone Images)...

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Temple of Trajan (Turkey)

Turkey, Bergama, (Tony Stone Images)...

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