Construction crews in Vienna revealed Wednesday intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman ...

From the olive wreaths of Olympic champions to the gold crowns of Hellenistic aristocrats, wreaths have symbolized glory, ...

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 ...

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

A dark, gripping take on Alan Moore’s iconic graphic novel, Watchmen explores the complex morality of superheroes in an ...

What would have become of Western civilization if, in 480 BC, the king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, Leonidas, had told ...

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first teaser for “One Battle After Another,” the latest film from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall ...

Herodotus, The Histories. The movie 300 brought the attention of many to the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartan soldiers, along with a few other allies, fought against the onslaught of a ...

300 (2006) Directed by Zack Snyder, 300 is a stylized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) leads 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire.