In 168 BC, Rome faced the remnants of the Macedonian Empire, which once dominated most of the known world under Alexander the ...

One October morning in 336 B.C., the small theater at Aigai, the ceremonial center of ancient Macedonia, began to fill with honored guests. They had come from across Greece and the Balkans to attend ...

In any event, Perdiccas and his brothers arrived in another part of Macedon and settled close to a site called the “Garden of Midas.” Perdiccas is recognized as the founder of the Argead dynasty, and ...

First discovered in the 1960s, archaeologists have spent the last 15 years believing the Gradishte site was a military outpost to defend against Roman attack from the era of King Philip V (221 BCE to ...

In 329 BC, Alexander was on a roll. When he crossed the Hellespont back in 334 BC, he had been determined to put himself at the head of the Achaemenid Empire, and he was well on the way to doing so, ...

In this fast-paced and absorbing account, Bard College classics professor Romm chronicles the political intrigues and military conflicts of the half-dozen generals who struggled for power after ...

The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided a monumental turning point in the success of Alexander and ...