We Greeks consider – and rightly so – that the Naval Battle of Salamis is a milestone in Greek history. This victory of the Greeks - those who resisted the Persians - did stop the advance of Xerxes and forced him to abandon his plans to occupy the entire Greek peninsula. However, apart from its impo
Who would go down in history as Philip V of Macedonia born in 238 BC His father was Demetrius II, grandson of the legendary Demetrius Poliorcetes, one of the most prominent rulers of Antigonid Macedonia. When Philip was only nine years old, his father died, leaving his uncle Antigonus as regent of t
One of the worst and relatively unknown incidents of foreign intervention in Greece is what took place in Argos on January 4, 1833 when French soldiers indiscriminately killed Greeks, men, women and children. Of course, in this case too there was the fratricidal finger. The assassination of Kapod
The historical site of Thermopylae became a battlefield not only in the famous conflict of 480 BC. but several more times in history, with the last one in 1941. However, the battle of Thermopylae in 279 BC is of particular importance. when again the allied Greeks saved the homeland from the invading