Control of the Oracle of Delphi was a key issue in Ancient Greece, and various cities and coalitions fought over it during ...

Heracleion, a city in Egypt famous for having sunk into the sea, has a fascinating connection to the legend of the Trojan War ...

Around 360 B.C., Aeneas Tacticus (the first Greek author to write on the art of war) composed On the Defense of Fortified Position s, in which he devoted a section to this strategy.