The happy judgment of the historian Polybius on the strength of the Roman constitution, because of its mixture of popular, oligarchic and monarchical elements, might…

As Rome’s armies marched victorious across the known world and her fleets patrolled the Mediterranean, hundreds and thousands of slaves were shipped back to Italy…

Slaves could be imported to Italy when and where they were needed. The demand for labour was immediate and there was a much faster and…

Hannibal alone, would have dared embark on such a venture. Two powers confronted each other to dispute mastery of the Mediterranean — Rome and Carthage.…

The Great Wall of China did not always keep the invader out, but it did help to establish the geographical identity of the Chinese empire.…

The Great Wall of China is probably the world’s most stupendous monument to human ingenuity, human industry and purportedly is the only one of man’s…

Alexander the Great succeeded to the throne upon the assassination of Philip of Macedonia, in northern Greece. This succession, both as king and as leader…

Classical Greece was a period during which the finest products of Greek civilization were achieved, has been defined as beginning after the victory over the…