After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
Classical Antiquity
Investigating political realities and military strategies across centuries of
Antiquity
After the conquest of Egypt, Alexander, having stayed for a period in Tyre, departed in the spring of 331 BC, heading towards the interior of Asia by crossing Mesopotamia. Simultaneously,...
Before the Battle of Amphipolis, the Spartan general Brasidas delivered a speech to his soldiers, about 2.000 hoplites and 300 cavalry, in which he said, among other things: “Men of...
As the Athenian force moved towards the northeast, near modern-day Nea Zichni, an ambush awaited them. Thousands of Thracians from neighboring tribes, foreseeing the Athenian colonization as a future problem,...
With a double range compared to the Persians’ slingers, as they used lead projectiles instead of stones the size of a fist like their opponents, they would be used in...
After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
After the conquest of Egypt, Alexander, having stayed for a period in Tyre, departed in the spring of 331 BC, heading towards the interior of Asia by crossing Mesopotamia. Simultaneously,...
Before the Battle of Amphipolis, the Spartan general Brasidas delivered a speech to his soldiers, about 2.000 hoplites and 300 cavalry, in which he said, among other things: “Men of...
As the Athenian force moved towards the northeast, near modern-day Nea Zichni, an ambush awaited them. Thousands of Thracians from neighboring tribes, foreseeing the Athenian colonization as a future problem,...
With a double range compared to the Persians’ slingers, as they used lead projectiles instead of stones the size of a fist like their opponents, they would be used in...