Greco-Persian Wars

The Battle of Thermopylae, Greece in 480 BC is one of the most famous last stands in history. In the many centuries since the battle, Leonidas and the 300 Spartans have become a symbol of bravery in the face...

The Persian Wars of 490 and 480 BC are known as the heroic struggle in which the Greeks united to resist the invasion of the expanding Persian Empire. Yet, later historical writings reveal that the Greeks did not stand...

Herodotus (or Ἡρόδοτος), born in Halicarnassus in 484 BC, was one of the most brilliant Greek thinkers of all time and is known worldwide as "The Father of History." He took it upon himself to record the history of the...

The name of the general Miltiades will forever remain in the minds of Greeks. He was the great victor of the crucial Battle of Marathon against the Persians. Born around the year 554 BC, Miltiades (or Miltiades the Younger) was...

When philosopher Aristotle was summoned to teach young Alexander the Great, it was a tutorage that helped shape the course of Greek civilization

  The battle of Mycale is one of the very few battles that were of such critical importance in history. However, not many people know much about this crucial moment, which took place in 479 BCE, in Greek history. This...

Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, which was the empire that was eventually defeated by Alexander the...

World history could have been very different than what it is today had the Ancient Greeks not halted the expansion of Iran—known to them as Persia—through a series of epic battles on land and sea. These took place in...

The story of Histiaeus and the Ionian Revolt, which would ultimately help set the stage for the wars between the Ancient Greeks and Persians, is a historical footnote that illustrates how the most effective secrets are often hidden in...

The clash of minds between Xerxes and the Greeks, rooted in sharply distinct notions of virtue, remains one of antiquity’s most striking episodes, preserved through time in all its raw intensity. When 480 BC left its mark on the scorched...