In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is ... the Great defeated the Persian Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team. They lined up in ranks and locked their ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is ... the Great defeated the Persian Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team. They lined up in ranks and locked their ...

During the Battle of Himera (480 BC), ancient Greek forces defeated Carthage, ensuring their dominance in the Mediterranean.

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... Sparta’s battle methods were similar to those employed elsewhere in the Greek-speaking world. Hoplite warriors formed phalanxes, which advanced ...

One hundred and fifty male couples, known as Thebes’ Sacred Band, or ancient Greece’s army of lovers, was wiped out in a ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from ... the Greeks to run at them in full armor during the battles of Marathon in 490 and Plataea 479.

Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes near Athens on Monday, including the historic town of Marathon, as ...