Ancient Greece

The Dorians

Legends which survived among the Dorians and which have come down to us through Pindar, Herodotus and other ancient writers, say that the earliest ancestors of the Dorians were Makednoi (that is, Macedonians), who migrated to Doris from Pindos, more precisely from the Lakmos region....

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TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE

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The Theban Hegemony: 371-362 BC

The Theban Hegemony was a period in ancient Greek history from 371 to 362 BC when the city-state of Thebes rose to power and exerted its influence over other Greek city-states. This period is particularly notable for the military successes of Thebes, especially under the leadership of the general Epaminondas. One of the key events during the Theba...

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Ancient Greek warfare

After the Dark Ages in ancient Greece, a new system of warfare evolved; weaponry, tactics, ideas and formations changed. Modified by Philip II and mainly by Alexander the Great after the Macedonians conquered Greece, this new age of warfare lasted until the rise of the Roman Empire, when new tactics and the legion formation became the general metho...

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Athenian Rowdies

The Athens of 350 BC was in many ways like our own society: bursting at the seams with idiots, drunkards and rabble ready to sue over anything. Like nearly every nation in the modern world, Athens had courts to try criminals and sue individuals for damages, both usually filled to capacity. In her magnificent work, The Murder of Herodes, Kathleen Fr...

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Sparta

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Greek Architecture

Introduction to Greek Architecture. The Greek Orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian...

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Battle of Marathon

The Battle of Marathon was a decisive victory of the Athenian-Plataean army over the Persians in the first Persian invasion of Greece. The battle took place in 490 BC on the Marathon plain, a narrow stretch of land between the mountains and the sea, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Athens. The Persian army was led by Datis and Artaphernes, and n...

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