The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks and Persians.
Wholesale human slaughter never looked so pretty as in this heavily stylized rendering of the battle of Thermopylae in ancient Greece. Under roiling skies, a small band of gruff, buff and bloodthirsty ...
Historian Roel Konijnendijk reviews ancient warfare scenes and battle tactics in movies and TV shows. He looks at the naval battle and gladiator fights depicted in "Gladiator II," starring Paul Mescal ...