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How did Alexander, king of Macedon, earn his title "the Great"? Discover the important achievements that formed his legacy.
Alexander the Great, at the age of just 32, died in 323 BC following a 12 day illness. Do his symptoms suggest natural causes or poison?
Many ancient Greek philosophers are considered the fathers of Western philosophy. Discover their most mind-bending quotes.
These ancient Roman monuments have endured for centuries and remain iconic landmarks in the modern-day Italian capital.
Throughout its history, ancient Egypt was conquered by various powerful foreign empires, each of which left its mark on the ancient and enduring culture.
The legend that Achilles could only die by being struck in his “Achilles heel” derived not from Homer or even Greek mythology, but from the Roman poet Statius.
The story of the famous Trojan Horse occurs neither in the Iliad nor the Odyssey, but in a poem set between the two Homeric stories, the so-called Little Iliad.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is an epic poem that retells over 250 Greco-Roman mythological tales from the world’s creation to the deification of Julius Caesar.
