The ancient Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of ...

Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms. Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained ...

Ancient Greece was famously a world of city-states ... most were part of multi-state communities, political alliances, ...

Ancient Greek laws against tyrants permitted the killing of authoritarians who attacked democracy. Still, popular sovereignty ...

The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and ...

Justin Jacobs, author and expert in modern Chinese history, discusses loot, antiquity, and imperialism in his new book.

Mythology has been the core of many peoples lives and continues to directly, and indirectly, guide entire civilizations ...

Roberts A sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture and its remarkable diversity Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity John Ma A ...

Explore Antiochus III's campaigns, from battling revolts in Media and Persia to his epic conquests during the Fourth Syrian ...

along with State Secretary Krešimir Partl, participated in the presentation of an extraordinary archaeological find. The site, located in the heart of the town, has been identified as part of the ...

European cities are known for their historic old towns, and few have a historic old town as impressive as the Croatian coastal city of Split. There, modern shops, bars, and restaurants are housed ...