Roel Konijnendijk, Joshua Hall, Matthew Lloyd, Owen Rees, and Josho Brouwers talk about the ancient Greek hoplite.

One of the most interesting battles mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus is perhaps the “Battle of the Champions”, fought between the Spartans and the Argives.

For this very first episode of the Ancient World Magazine podcast, we talk about why we study the ancient world.

One of the many problems plaguing the reign of Emperor Commodus was a supposed “War on Deserters”.

A small agate decorated with a battle-scene, recovered from the so-called “Griffin Warrior” tomb in Pylos (Greece), has been hyped up for the wrong reasons.

The collection of the Allard Pierson Museum includes this beautiful red-figure cup with a picture of a warrior.

David Mattingly’s book on the Roman Empire argues that the term “Romanization” is outmoded and should be discarded.

Matilo or Matilone was a Roman castellum (fort) in what is now Leiden. Today, the site is an archaeological park.

A remarkable retelling in comic book form of a comprehensive version of the story of the Trojan War that is, at present, sadly unfinished.

This ancient stele, dated to between ca. 2600 and 2350 BC, is a key piece of evidence in the history of warfare.