The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

The 300 or so Spartans helped hold off an enormous Persian Army for three days ... as any other ancient Greeks. The super-warrior myth—most recently bolstered in the special effects extravaganza ...

Ephialtes of Trachis, whose name means "nightmare" in Greek is regarded as one of the most notorious traitors in the history ...

They’d unearthed an ancient warrior’s grave — one still filled ... Thracian tribes were “eventually expelled or absorbed by Greek, Persian, and Roman colonies,” according to Britannica.

An Iranian woman jumps over a bonfire celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran ...