Ancient History

The Debasement of Roman Coinage During the Third-Century Crisis

By Neven Rogić, in Ancient History

What Is the Most Visited Wonder of the World?

By Greg Beyer, in Ancient History

Disaster for Sparta! The Battle of Sphacteria (425 BCE)

By Jean du Plessis, in Ancient History

Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion

By Neil Middleton, in Ancient History

6 Facts About Freyr, the Norse God of Virility & Fertility

By Jessica Suess, in Ancient History

The Story of Cleisthenes:, the Founder of Democracy in Ancient Athens

By Neil Middleton, in Ancient History

The Controversial Story of Olympias, Alexander the Great’s Powerful Mother

By Neil Middleton, in Ancient History

The Last Effort to Save the Empire During the Fall of Rome

By Matthew Avitabile, in Ancient History

4 Notorious Roman Emperors and Their Scandalous Stories

By Greg Beyer, in Ancient History

What Happened to Olympias, Mother of Alexander the Great?

By Neil Middleton, in Ancient History

What Was the Relationship Between Assyria and Babylon?

By Heather Reilly, in Ancient History

Hannibal’s First Great Victory Over Rome at the Battle of Trebbia (218 BCE)

By Jean du Plessis, in Ancient History

How Did Nubia Shape Ancient Egypt?

By Jared Krebsbach, in Ancient History

Was Virgil’s Aeneid For or Against Emperor Augustus?

By Lucie de Gentile, in Ancient History

British Museum Curator Jill Cook on the Artistic Renaissance of the Ice Age

By Antonis Chaliakopoulos, in Ancient History

How the Scythian Empire Ruled the Near East for Just 28 Years

By Jared Krebsbach, in Ancient History

Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom, War, and Weaving

By Daniel Soulard, in Ancient History

How Aeneas of Troy Set the Stage for Rome’s Rise

By Caleb Howells, in Ancient History

Was Belisarius Byzantium’s Greatest General?

By Matt Whittaker, in Ancient History

The Qin: How One Dynasty United Ancient China

By Chester Ollivier, in Ancient History

Who Were the Cyclopes? The One-Eyed Giants of Greek Myth

By Aiden Nel, in Ancient History

The Incredible Life & Military Campaigns of the Assyrian King Sargon II

By Heather Reilly, in Ancient History

What Was Athena the Goddess Of? Her 3 Domains

By Greg Beyer, in Ancient History

The Valley of the Kings: Ancient Egypt’s Royal Necropolis

By Kassandre Dwyer, in Ancient History

The Antikythera Mechanism: An Ancient Greek Planetarium

By Caleb Strom, in Ancient History

Aeneas’s Family: Parents, Children, and Legacy

By Caleb Howells, in Ancient History

What Are Athena’s Symbols? (Owl, Olive Tree, Gorgoneion)

By Greg Beyer, in Ancient History

8 Cambodian Temples that Aren’t Angkor Wat

By Elizabeth Lavis, in Ancient History

How Belisarius Recaptured (and Defended) Rome From the Goths

By Ramsey Hardin, in Ancient History

The Roman Myth of Aeneas, Lavinia, and the King Who Started It All

By Caleb Howells, in Ancient History