During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

A historian looks at the plague that hit Ancient Athens and explains how a massive government spending plan backfired 2,500 ...

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...