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 ...

As Xerxes marshaled the greatest army the ancient world had ever seen, the fractured city-states of Greece faced an ...

I s it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinke ...

In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning strikes were the prime weapon of Zeus (the king of the ...

The Greek philosopher Plato proposed gender equality, arguing women could participate in political and military life in his ...

The Spartan stone bridge near Xirokambio is a 2,000-year-old arched stone bridge, historically significant, mythically connected to Troy, and remarkably still in use today.

Research biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered 26 new microbial species that could aid in developing new technologies that help the U.S. military survive and thrive in extreme ...

In the early 1970s, I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Adamantios Koraes at the University of Wisconsin. I read his voluminous writings and hundreds of letters – mostly written in Greek and some in French. I ...

Israel will help Greece develop technology to counter swarms of military drones as the two countries deepen defense cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean, the Greek defense minister said Tuesday.