The war between Greece's Maniates and the Bavarian army of King Otto is a lesser-known episode in the history of the modern Greek State.

For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

But Thebes' dominance of Greece would be short-lived. A new power had begun to assert its leadership over the country: Macedonia. Once a backwater, the Macedonian king Philip II had turned his ...

The former king suffered from chronic heart and ... to Prince Paul and Princess Frederica of Hanover. Greek-born Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh and husband of the late Queen Elizabeth ...

Philip — then known as Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark — was forced to flee his homeland at the age of 18 months following a military uprising against his uncle, King Constantine I.

Professor Alice Roberts takes to the railways of Greece and Turkey as she learns about ancient Greek civilisation, which has had a powerful effect on modern life.