Fact or Fiction: The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) between Greeks and Persians is known for two things: an utter Greek defeat leading to the "Persian Destruction of Athens" and arguably the most ...

Ancient Greece's Special Forces, from the Sacred Band of Thebes to the Hetairoi of Alexander the Great's army, became ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive ... After the defeat and death of the Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, the Persians burned Athens, and the Greek alliance seemed close to collapse.

It was to be his 'divine punishment' for his father, Darius' crushing defeat at Marathon in 490 BC. Now, a decade later ... By the spring of 480 Xerxes' army had reached Macedonia in the north ...

A woman has shared her disgust over the name her coworker has chosen for his newborn daughter after taking inspiration from a holiday in Greece - but she says it's distasteful ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in ...

In 480 BC, 300 men fought against the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. With no help from their ... like the Trojan War, the Battle of Marathon, and others, that have even ...

She gently reminded him about the Battle of Thermopylae fought in 480 BC between between the Achaemenid Persian Empire - but he doesn't understand her issue. Article continues below He doesn't ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in ...

A woman has hit out at her coworker for naming his daughter after a major battle, as she claims it's distasteful and harmful ...