A new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization presents an alternative explanation for how city-states emerged in ancient Greece.Instead of being solely the result of war, ...

The Greek city-state, just like the human body, was protected by an outer layer. The socially marginalized were most at threat when that body came under attack from disease – something that’s shared ...

The ancient Greek city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan was discovered in the 1960s, but its demise has captivated archaeologists ...

Greek city-states were governed by a range of regimes, but, by the fourth century BCE, the typical Greek city-state was, by world historical standards, very democratic.

The Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens examines the struggle between allied Greek city-states and the army of Philip II of Macedon—beside his son Alexander—that helped launch the Hellenistic age.