In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

Given the chance to interrogate one of history’s most famous figures, what would you ask? Speaking on the HistoryExtra ...

Last February, a Ukrainian company commander going by his callsign Veter was ordered to send his people to reinforce another ...

Chijoke Anyiagboso, a 20-year-old Nigerian footballer, was in bed in a room at the five-star Bristol Hotel in Odesa, a ...

The brilliant thing about the discoveries here is that they don't just give you the kind of official version of what life was like in the Roman Army. The letters that were dug up here were written ...

After Rome conquered Ancient Greece, it turned Sparta into a theme park, with performances for tourists showcasing its ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is marking his 80th birthday in detention in the Netherlands after the ...

A West Point grad and Army veteran who logged several seasons in the Pittburgh Pirates' farm system previously worked for two ...

Anthony Powell died on 28 March 2000, twenty-five years ago today. It is also fifty years since he completed his 12-novel ...

Chijoke Anyiagboso, a 20-year-old Nigerian footballer, was in bed in a room at the five-star Bristol Hotel in Odesa, a ...

Former President Rodrigo Duterte marked his 80th birthday in detention in the Netherlands Friday after the International Criminal Court ordered his arrest, while in the ...

The Bucharest Tribunal has ruled to annul the revolutionary certificate of former Romanian president Ion Iliescu, following a ...