The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient Sparta has been held ... (480 B.C.). In the battle, the Persian Army crushed more than 7,000 Greeks—including ...

Historian Dr. Roel Konijnendijk analyzes scenes from Oliver Stone’s critically-panned epic, Alexander, finding it surprisingly accurate.