Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ... conquered Greece. Later in the same century, however, Athens found itself at war with its ferocious ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient ... packed shield and spear formation that might be several ranks deep and many soldiers wide. A highly successful 'war machine', the phalanx ...

and the ancient Greek goddess Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, was commonly portrayed this way, even though Corinth and Athens were enemies during the Peloponnesian War between 431 and 404 B ...

The history of the Gorgoneion, Medusa’s fearsome symbol, from its Greek and Roman origins to its influence on Alexander the Great and more.