The Battle of Mycale was a pivotal moment in ancient Greek history, marking the end of the second Persian invasion of Greece.

In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian ... who came from an area around modern day Iran. The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece a few times but the Greeks managed to ...

Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian ... who came from an area around modern day Iran. The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece a few times but the Greeks managed to ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and death ...

Finding herself trapped between the deadly Greek triremes and the utterly bewildered Persian fleet ... they could not believe a woman would join a war against them. Artemisia, named after the ...