Extremely rare inscribed sling bullet from 2nd century BC found in Israel
It bears the Greek inscription ‘Victory of Heracles and Hauronas’, signifying the bullet’s use as both a physical and psychological weapon
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The Idea of Marathon: Battle and Culture
Review by David Stuttard. On an August morning just over two and a half millennia ago in 490 BC, a numerically inferior army of democratic Athenians, their liberated slaves, and Plataean allies won an overwhelming victory over Persian invaders on…
Ancient Greece Quiz
Which philosopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great?