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1 day ago · The Seleucid Empire (/ s ɪ ˈ lj uː s ɪ d /; Ancient Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, romanized: Basileía tōn Seleukidōn, lit. 'Realm of the Seleucids') was a Hellenistic power [10] [11] in West Asia during the Hellenistic period .
1 day ago · In fact, in the late 6th century BC, the Greek colonies provided money and arms to the Persian Empire and received protection in return. After Xerxes failed to invade Greece in 480 and 479 BC, the Persians withdrew from the area, which allowed the larger poleis like Herakleia Pontike and Sinope to expand through the conquest of local ...
2 days ago · 300,000 killed. The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC [i] and lasted until 449 BC. The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great ...
3 days ago · Macedonia ( / ˌmæsɪˈdoʊniə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία ), also called Macedon ( / ˈmæsɪdɒn / MASS-ih-don ), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, [6] which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. [7]
1 day ago · The Greek Empire is said to have lasted for approximately 350 years, while the Roman Empire is said to have lasted for between 500 and 1500 years, depending on the interpretation of Roman rule. The Romans left an indelible mark on Western civilization through their contributions to law, governance, engineering, and culture.
3 days ago · The legend of Byzas. According to legend, Byzas was from Megara, a city in Attica. This ties in with other records about the founders of Byzantium. Byzas himself first appears in the writings of Diodorus Siculus in the first century BCE. However, there are earlier references to the founding of the city, such as the writings of Herodotus.
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3 days ago · “For the first time in a century the Mediterranean was free,” writes de Mattei. “From that day forward the Ottoman Empire began its long decline.” It did indeed. That was the crucial bigger picture. Between the Christian victories at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 and the Siege of Malta in 1565, Europe was spared.
