Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

Many people know the rich and legendary history of Greece. However, who knew that the ancient Greeks originated from numerous tribes?

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of Türkiye, directly across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Today, it is rubble and ruins, but 2,000 years ago, it was a thriving center of ...

But almost no one has heard of Paestum. This ancient Greek city, formerly known as Poseidonia, thrived for two centuries between 600 and 400 BCE; to put this in context, this period overlapped ...

A new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization presents an alternative explanation for how city-states emerged in ancient Greece.Instead of being solely the result of war, ...

A hoard of gold coins dating back around 2,400 years was discovered during excavations of an ancient Greek city. The gold coins are believed to have served as a form of payment to mercenary troops.

John Ma tackles all these dimensions in Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State From the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity. It’s a substantial task.

These ancient cities sunk to the ocean floor. ... Violent earthquakes or resulting tsunamis can wipe an entire city off the face of the Earth, as happened to the Greek city of Helike in 373 B.C.

Thucydides recounted that between 430 BCE. and 427 BCE., a group of Persian sympathizers from the city of Colophon had occupied part of Notion with the help of Greek and “barbarian” mercenaries.

Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...