Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine borderlands.

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.

At the height of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople was the jewel of the Christian world, a city of breathtaking palaces, sprawling forums, and magnificent churches like Hagia Sophia. Its walls had ...

When in 955 ad a 20,000-strong force of Magyar raiders besieged the city of Augsburg, Saxon King Otto I gathered an army to ...

Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing ...

Samuel Gartland is Associate Professor in Ancient Greek History and Culture at the University of Leeds. Robin Osborne is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge. Reassessing the ...