Ancient Athens had its own "Great Wall" like China's, built to stop raids during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC).

Eighty-four years ago, a dark chapter unfolded in modern Greek history—the invasion, or “entry,” of German troops into Athens ...

The military takeover of the peninsula was the first of Russia’s land grabs.

Phaistos where an imposing palace once stood is, perhaps not as well known as Knossos, but a focal point of the history of ...

A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In ...