The Temple of Victory at Himera, Sicily, was constructed by the defeated Carthaginians after the first Battle of Himera in 480 BCE. (Photo by Katherine Reinberger via Courthouse News) (CN) — Foreign ...

Geochemical evidence reveals that armies in the Battles of Himera were a mixture of locals and outsiders, according to a new study. These data contradict certain claims made in historical accounts by ...

Leonidas I draws his sword and screams at his enemies. Mounds of bodies lay behind him Image via Warner Bros. Ancient Greece is a pretty common setting for lots of movies centered on ancient warfare.

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The ancient Athenian writer Isocrates (436-338 BC) once commented: Many cities judge those who excel in the athletic contests to be worthy of greater rewards than those who, by painstaking thought and ...

Before today’s super-advanced warships with sophisticated weapons and entirely new ways of conducting warfare, there were the famous military ships of the Ancient civilizations. Though less complex ...

Geochemical evidence reveals that armies in the Battles of Himera were a mixture of locals and outsiders, according to a study published March 24, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Katherine ...