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 Thermopylae 480BC

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle of the Second Persian Invasion of Greece between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the ...

First Macedonian War

History; Ancient Greece

The First Macedonian War (214 BC – 205 BC) was fought by Philip V of Macedon against , Rome, allied (after 211 BC) with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, contemporaneously with the ...

Battle of Issus

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Issus, was a battle between the invading Macedonian troops, led by Alexander the Great against an Persian army lead by Darius III during Alexander's Persian Campaign. It occurred in ...

Battle of the Granicus

History; Ancient Greece

Also known as The Battle of the Granicus River, was a battle in May 334 BC between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire. Fought in Northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, it was here ...

Battle of Ipsus

History; Ancient Greece

The Battle of Ipsus was a battle of the Fourth War Of The Diadochi between some of the Diadochi in 301 BC near the village of that name in Phrygia. Antigonus I Monophthalmus and his son Demetrius I ...

Battle of Salamis (306 BC)

History; Ancient Greece

The naval Battle of Salamis was part of the Forth War Of The Diadochi. It took place in 306 BC near Salamis, Cyprus between the fleets of Ptolemy I of Egypt and Demetrius. The battle was a complete ...

Siege of Amida

History; Ancient history

The Siege of Amida was a siege of the Roman city Amida in 359 of the Sassanids under Shah Shapur II. When the Persian forces approached Amida, the Sassanids were provoked into attacking the city. ...