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Ancient Greece

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Ephesus

History; Ancient Greece

Important Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor whose earlier remains include a great temple to its patron goddess Artemis (c.600 BC). It flourished in Hellenistic times and was adopted as the ...

Tyrant who seized power briefly in Athens in the 560s BC, and permanently from 546 to 527 BC. He was a relatively benign ruler who presided over Athens at a time of increasing prosperity. He appears ...

Hippias

History; Ancient Greece

Tyrant of Athens (r.527-510 BC) who succeeded his father, Peisistratus. He was responsible for extensive building programs in Athens. Increasingly tyrannical, he was overthrown in 510 BC by the ...

Kleomenes

History; Ancient Greece

King of Sparta (r.520-490 BC), remembered for his aggressive foreign policy. He crushed Sparta's old enemy, Argos, organized the remaining Peloponnesian cities into the so-called Spartan ...

Leonidas

History; Ancient Greece

King of Sparta (r.490–480 BC) who was responsible for defending the pass at Thermopylae against the invading Persian army of Xerxes. He and 300 companions died heroically when they were outflanked.

Battle of Thermopylae

History; Ancient Greece

Heroic battle fought at the pass of Thermopylae by the Greeks, under the leadership of Leonidas and his force of Spartans, against the invading Persian army of 480 BC. Eventually the Persians crossed ...

Battle of Marathon

History; Ancient Greece

Pivotal battle for European history, fought between Greek, themselves mostly Athenian, and Persian forces. It is thought to have occurred around 490BC. Immortalised by 'the first historian' ...