Scholars have identified interesting parallels between the military alliances of NATO and the ancient Athenian-led Delian ...

In his speech to this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney mourned the demise of ...

I can’t exactly call the Beckham feud Roman in its nature – there is not enough real stabbing, and so far no actual poisoning ...

Unity was forged not through assimilation, but through the dignity of of residents working, trading, worshipping and creating ...

The 14-volume Tsinghua University Warring States Bamboo Manuscripts. [Photo provided to China Daily] Researchers of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips announced the latest findings that revealed three newly ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

A number of Roman wills reveal people leaving their heirs silver and gold in the form of bars, plates or ingots. Aside from ...

Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.

But warnings from the fathers of democracy against the foolishness of avarice and pride are often ignored as evidenced by ...

As early as 4,500 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, for instance, gender-diverse people held important roles in society with ...

As political theorists from ancient Greece to Renaissance Italy understood, the question of who should rule—and how—defines the fate of nations. Two ...