The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

In ancient Athens, citizens met regularly to vote on the laws that changed their daily lives using a simple show of hands by all. I say all… women, slaves and foreigners were banned from voting.

Recorded, and probably rewritten by the historian Thucydides, it is one of the primary sources on which our understanding of ancient Athens is based and provides a unique insight into just how ...

In ancient Athens, citizens met regularly to vote on the laws that changed their daily lives using a simple show of hands by all. I say all… women, slaves and foreigners were banned from voting.