Legendary for their ferocious combat skills, the Spartans built a warrior culture in ancient Greece unsurpassed for its courage and military prowess. Eminent ...

This is the first of three dialogues with Oscar-winning film director Oliver Stone and historians Paul Cartledge and James Romm on the life and legacy of Alexander The Great (356-323 B.C.). Stone ...

This webinar explores contemporary political and social issues, including the nature of populism and authoritarianism and the treatment of disenfranchised groups, through the lens of ancient Athens ...

I'm reviewing these two new biographies of Alexander the Great without having seen the Oliver Stone film, so I have to forgo the customary snarling about how the movie falsifies reality. I can say, ...

In this erudite and highly technical history, Cartledge (After Thermopylae), emeritus professor of Greek culture at Cambridge University, revisits the roots of democracy to understand how ancient ...