Archaeologists working on the coast of Israel have uncovered a large port city which contains what experts say is the “most ...
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How Thermopylae became a Western legend, from Simonides’ epitaph to Herodotus, Alexander, and Roman tourism
Pausanias finds Thermopylae preserved as a monument and a message, even as Sparta itself has become a Roman tourist stop and a fading memory. This chapter follows how Herodotus tied the 300 to the ...
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Why did Rome fall: The collapse of the world’s greatest empire
From barbarian invasions to internal decay, this video investigates the dramatic story of the fall of Rome and how it ...
When Amenhotep III (reigned c1390 - 1352 BC) became Pharaoh in 1390 BC, Egypt had become the richest and most powerful nation on earth through war and conquest. The new king tried a different approach ...
In September of the year 490, the Persian forces landed at the sandy harbour of Marathon with an invasion force of 600 ships, 20,000 or more foot soldiers, and 800 cavalry. Also with them was the ...
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