The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

The Persian empire pioneered women's rights. Other contemporary cultures made jokes about it and considered Persians unmanly.

The incredible story of Alexander the Great and his conquest of the known world is brought to life with animated maps, images ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

The final land battle between the Persians and the Greeks took place a year later in the region of Boeotia, near the town of Plataeae. During the intervening year the Persian force, now led by the ...

Only the threat of invasion by a foreign enemy made the Greeks forget their quarrels and fight on the same side. Their biggest enemy were the Persians, who came from an area around modern day Iran.

It’s all down to a young king called Alexander. He led his army to take over Greece, Persia, Egypt and even part of India. He ruled so much of the world they called him ‘Alexander the Great’.

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in ...