The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

One of his books looks at the concept of Alexander as the “First European.” Greek and Roman authors weren’t interested in the Persian Empire, he says — meaning that even from antiquity, it was ...

One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent role given to his principal ...

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The Governor of Shush has emphasized the importance of promoting the city’s rich cultural heritage and announced plans to ...

Alexander the Great and his armies conquered much of the known world, creating an empire that stretched from Greece and Asia through Egypt and the Persian ... of a possible Roman god was found ...

The nomadic Sarmatians dominated the steppe region, which was spread between Eastern Europe and Central Asia from about fifth ...

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

It wasn’t until Tissaphernes, the Persian nobleman and satrap of Lydia ... For example, a silver denarius from the Holy Roman Empire discovered by metal detectorists in Poland was minted ...

connecting the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean to the Han dynasty in China. The Parthians assimilated various elements of the diverse cultures within their empire, which included Persian, ...