Molon labe (ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ, come and take them) was Leonidas reply to Xerxes before the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. at his insistence that the Spartans surrender their weapons. The phrase would be pronounced by many other generals already in modern times, and adopted as a motto by the Greek army. I
After experiencing a first prelude with invasions that allowed the Greek world to extend its borders to the other continent – the western shores of Asia – Greek colonization proper stretched for nearly three centuries, from VIIIe at VIth century BC. VIII-VI century BC Procedure Various reason
The city of Rome was born as a small village and became one of the greatest empires of antiquity. Located on the Italian Peninsula, the center of the European Mediterranean, Rome was the center of political and economic life in the region. Rome Foundation The foundation of Rome is shrouded in lege
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