The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

The catapult was an ancient siege machine that could hurl heavy objects ... weighing as much as 350 pounds for distances greater than 300 feet. The Greek Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, who was ...

Minted in Syracuse in around 330BC.It has Pegasus,the winged horse on one side and Alexander The Great on the reverse. i inherited the coin on my father's death and it still holds a fascination ...

Italy has no shortage of beautiful coastal towns and breathtaking beaches, but this one spot in Sicily is truly remarkable.

Successively colonised by the Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, Sicily is packed with ancient treasures to discover. From ...

In Sicily, Palermo, Syracuse and Catania, the three main cities on the Italian island, are attractive destinations for their ...