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"The Olympian" (495 - 429 B.C.) PERIKLHS by Plutarch By the power of his eloquence, and the money embezzled from Athens' unwilling allies, Pericles built Athens into a beautiful city and a powerful empire. Athenian imperialism, however, soon led to war with Sparta. Augustus Caesar observed some fore...

New research is shedding light on the fascinating bouleuterion, the ancient city hall, of Teos, an ancient Greek city located in present-day Turkey. The ruins of temples, roads, a harbor, and a rainwater cistern near Turkey's western coast reveal the once-thriving metropolis of Teos. Founded around ...

"The Last of the Greeks" (252 - 182 B.C.) FILOPOIMHN by Plutarch Philopoemen led the last remnants of resistance to the creeping domination of Rome in Greece. In this austere general, we see an indomitable character, superior to his circumstances. Cleander was a man of high birth and great power in ...