Yet the vast majority of these people were not citizens at all but slaves, tied to the land of their masters. Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these ...

This ancient Greek structure has been a witness to the rise and fall ... to the goddess Athena for her divine protection and ...

Philotimo’ dates back millennia, and although can’t be translated into a single word in the English language to this day, is ...

First off the Greeks gave the world democracy – which we still use in Britain today to choose who runs the country. In ancient Athens, citizens met regularly to vote on the laws that changed ...

Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...

I traveled to Athens, Greece, for the first time since I was a little kid. Most of the trip was a dream, but some experiences ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome ... it was not uncommon for desperate Roman citizens to raise money by selling ...

The establishment of the United States marked the reemergence of the large-scale republican state. In 1787, after the ...

As Americans go to the polls Tuesday, the U.S. presidential standard bearers describe a nation whose very soul hangs in the ...

Citizens used the Alter of the Twelve Gods as a central point ... s most influential figures and immerse yourself in the monumental achievements of ancient Greece. Being able to walk these grounds ...

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have identified an “exceptionally well-preserved” marble statue of a Roman man that was uncovered ...