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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Discovered in 2010 and excavated since 2013, the tomb dates back to the ancient kingdom of Phrygia (1200 to 675 BCE), but is ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

Depictions of the eccentricities of Roman leaders were (and remain) interesting. But such leaders were often also dangerous, ...

In his insightful new book, The Revolution to Come, Dan Edelstein offers some surprising answers to these questions and explores how the idea of revolution has changed over time. What was once called ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to step up cooperation between the ...