The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...
The east frieze, on the other hand, showcases an assembly of Greek gods, possibly in connection with the Battle of Marathon ...
According to legend, the Trojans migrated to Britain after the fall of Troy. A new book investigates the historicity of this ...
The principles of a Just War originated with classical Greek and Roman philosophers like Plato and Cicero and were added to by Christian theologians like Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Jus ad ...
Her research interests include the archaeology of Greek and Roman battle, insurgency in the Roman world, and Roman combat psychology. She has just completed her first book, The Life of Publius ...
His work reflects the relief he felt as civil war ended and the rule of Augustus began. Born a peasant, Virgil was raised on a farm before being educated in the Greek and Roman authors.
Some of these Greek gods shared Roman names and acquired some Roman characteristics ... But unlike mortals, their bodies always healed from the wounds of war or the ravages of disease, and ...
You walk around this town, Washington, DC, you have the Greek and Roman pillars ... and the history and the battles, et cetera. So, it makes great movies. It’s always there.
and recorded examples of war crimes go back to Greek and Roman times. Before the twentieth century armies frequently behaved brutally to enemy soldiers and non-combatants alike - and whether there ...
Today the symbol may seem as American as, well, Thanksgiving—but it didn’t start out that way.Baby Zeus’s Big BreakIn Greek ...
He breaks down the Roman naval warfare tactics in "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. He explains the dangers of chariot racing in "Ben-Hur," starring Charlton Heston.