However, such colonies contributed to the expansion of Syracusan influence. Greek and Phoenician colonies, Ancient Greek Colonization Map By Gepgepgep – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikipedia Commons The ...

Generally, colonies founded by the ancient Phoenicians, Carthage, Rome, Alexander the Great and his successors remained tied to their metropolis, though Greek colonies of the Archaic and Classical ...

As the city-states of ancient Greece expanded their authority and strength in the broader region, they founded colonies on the Aegean and Black ... his successors and a hotspot for Greek dominance.

Lazio is home to the incredible city of Rome, with its historic architecture, ruins and ancient monuments ... more illustrious times when it was the site of rich and powerful Greek colonies, the ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...

This wasn't always the case, however, as the history of cheesecake is one of ancient ingenuity, empirical conquest, and cultural diffusion. The story begins on the Greek island of Samos ...

Could ancient maps hold the key to lost civilizations and forgotten worlds? In this video, I’ll explore three mysterious maps that defy conventional history and challenge what we know about the ...

Calling all history buffs! Add this underrated town near Naples to your bucket list to see ancient Greek ruins in an ...

FISH-EATING spiders the size of human hands are on the loose in Britain - here's a map revealing where colonies are lurking. Thousands of Fen raft spiders are set to invade the UK after the ...

The 3,000-year-old map places the Ark beyond Mesopotamia, in an unknown land where jewels hang from trees instead of fruit.

These concerns are not new. Millennia ago, people in ancient Greece and Rome already knew humans were damaging the natural world. Literature from these ancient times contains many references to ...