They were some of the fiercest and most highly trained warriors on the ancient battlefield. Delve into the lives of Greek soldiers and discover...
Greece has had a troubled relationship with Turkey over the island of Cyprus, which has a large Greek population. Cyprus is divided into Greek and Turkish areas, and is monitored by the United Nations to make sure neither country starts a fight over the island. Greek people and culture Tradit...
Archilochus was a poet and soldier, the earliest Greek writer of iambic, elegiac, and personal lyric poetry whose works have survived to any considerable extent. The surviving fragments of his work show him to have been a metrical innovator of the highes
The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 and featured writing in three different scripts: hieroglyphic, demotic and ancient Greek. In 1799, French soldiers serving underNapoleonin Egypt, who were repairing a fort in the town of Rashid (also known as Rosetta), discovered a stone slab that becam...
Interesting Ancient Egypt Facts The ancient Egyptians form of writing is called hieroglyphs. It was deciphered by Francois Champollion in 1822. He was able to accomplish this by examining the Rosetta Stone which was an old stone discovered by French soldiers in Egypt. The stone had writing on ...
This is amazing; the Greek language has been spoken for more than 3,000 years! It’s the oldest spoken language in Europe.Soldiers (hoplites) in ancient Greece wore up to 70 pounds (33 kilograms) of bronze armor; can you just imagine how heavy that would be to carry around....
Greek soldiers prove that ancient armour was combat-worthydoi:10.1038/d41586-024-01402-zArchaeologyA Mycenean bronze suit did not hamper movement of modern-day warriors performing fighting manoeuvres.#A Mycenean bronze suit did not hamper movement of modern-day warriors performing fighting ...
These soldiers consisted of the rising middle class of independent farmers, craftsmen, and merchants who had no social status or political power except to fight in formation, leading to growing resentment. system of organization or government where the people decide policies or elect representatives to...
Victory:Greek Location:Straits of Salamis The Battle of Salamis is part of the Greco-Persian wars fought between the alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in 480 BC. Despite being heavily outnumbered by Persian soldiers, the tactics of the Greeks allowed them to outmaneuver their...
One factor was the agoge, the Greek city-state’s educational and training system, which used harsh, extreme and sometimes cruel methods to prepare boys to be Spartan citizens and soldiers. 7 Insane Military Gambles That Changed the World “The agoge aimed to instill soldierly virtues: ...