Xerxes marches past Troy with an empire-sized army, and Greece chooses the only ground where numbers mean less, Thermopylae on land and Artemisia at sea. This chapter follows the tactical plan, the ...

The sci-fi series stars Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief, Spartan-117, and Natascha McElhone (Californication) as Dr. Halsey, who also both serve as producers this season. Additional returning cast ...

Acclaimed French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani presented a visionary proposal for a new monument for Thermopylae.

Pausanias finds Thermopylae preserved as a monument and a message, even as Sparta itself has become a Roman tourist stop and a fading memory. This chapter follows how Herodotus tied the 300 to the ...

If you're a teenage or twenty-something American male, it may be the catchphrase of the year, drawn from ancient history and a new Hollywood blockbuster. "Spartans, tonight we dine in hell!" is the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A.J. Clark knows how valuable the right intelligence tools can be. While working as an Air Force intelligence analyst from 1998 to 2002, Clark realized that the ability to link ...

Xerxes had spent years planning his invasion of Greece. It was to be his 'divine punishment' for his father Darius' crushing defeat at Marathon in 490 BC. Now, a decade later, he had spared no expense ...

Pieces of an ancient Greek text that lay undiscovered in an Austrian museum have revealed a previously unknown Roman battle against invading goths. The goths were advancing on the Roman Empire around ...