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Giants often feature in children’s stories, and can be fearsome, friendly, or foolish. Giants in older British and Irish mythology are much more frightening.
In 324 BC, Alexander the Great’s Macedonian followers demanded to return home. Facing a tragic end to this relationship, Alexander’s speech brought his soldiers back.
Representing the first customer complaint in recorded history, Nanni’s letter to Ea-nasir speaks to a common and relatable theme of modern life.
Harmodios and Aristogeiton were the first Athenian citizens to appear in sculpture, paving the way for many other human statues during the Classical Period.
Throughout its history, Rome was constantly at war. This led to the development of a large and expensive professional army, paid for through extensive taxation.
Beyond battlefield myths, Sparta was a functioning polis where citizens farmed, conducted business, raised families, and aged into positions of authority.
In 405 BC, at Aegospotami, the 27-year-long Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens was finally decided, in a devastating defeat for Greece’s most famous democracy.
Between 415 and 413 BC, the Peloponnesian War, which would decide the fate of the Greek world, took a major turn during Athens’ failed Sicilian Expedition.
