Ancient history

Ancient history

The study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, starting with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.

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Battle of Plataea 479 BC

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle between the Greek alliance and the Persian Empire under the command of Mardonius during the second Persian invasion of Greece in 479 BC near the city ...

Battle of Gabiene

History; Ancient Greece

Battle of Gabiene (316 BC) was battle between Antigonus and Eumenes in the Second War of the Diadochi near in the winter of 316 BC. During the early years of warfare between the Diadochi, Antigonus ...

Battle of Corupedium

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Corupedium,was a battle in 281 BC between the armies of Lysimachus, ruler of Thrace and Macedon; and Seleucus I Nicator, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, including lands currently covered ...

Battle of Paraitacene

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Paraitacene was a battle in the Second War of the Diadochi between Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Eumenes near Isfahan in 317 BC. The battle ended indecisive. In the summer of 317 BC, ...

Siege of Rhodes

History; Ancient Greece

The Siege of Rhodes (305 BC/304 BC) was part of the Fourth War of the Diadochi and one of the most notable sieges of antiquity, when Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in an ...

Battle of Gaza 312BC

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Gaza was a military conflict near Gaza in 312 BC at the end of the 4th century BC. The battle was a military highlight of the Third War of the Diadochi. In this battle fought Demetrios ...

Battle of Byzantium

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Byzantium was a confrontation in the Second War of the Diadochi, in the Marmara Sea near the ancient city of Byzantium, today's Istanbul. It took place in the summer of 317 BC. In ...