Ephialtes of Trachis, whose name means "nightmare" in Greek is regarded as one of the most notorious traitors in the history ...

Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

The 300 or so Spartans helped hold off an enormous Persian Army for three days ... as any other ancient Greeks. The super-warrior myth—most recently bolstered in the special effects extravaganza ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country ... who came from an area around modern day Iran. The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece a few times but the Greeks managed to fight them ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country ... who came from an area around modern day Iran. The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece a few times but the Greeks managed to fight them ...

They’d unearthed an ancient warrior’s grave — one still filled ... Thracian tribes were “eventually expelled or absorbed by Greek, Persian, and Roman colonies,” according to Britannica.

An Iranian woman jumps over a bonfire celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran ...