Ancient Greece

Coin of Gorgon 525-500 B.C

[Ancient Coins] [Greece] [Mythology]...

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Ancient Coinage of Ionia, Teos

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

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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

Links, Documents, Notes, Images [People in History] [Tools and Searches]...

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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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Roman Temple of Trajan

Turkey, Pergamum, Hellenistic Kingdom, Roman Temple of Trajan (Tony Stone Images)...

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Acropolis, the Erechtheion

Greece, Athens, (Tony Stone Images)...

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Roman Temple of Trajan

Turkey, Pergamum, Hellenistic Kingdom, (Tony Stone Images)...

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The Acropolis at Athens

Greece, Athens, (Tony Stone Images)...

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Lycian rock tombs and head of Medusa Statue

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

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