War was a prominent event in ancient Greece, whether between city states or against foreign powers. However, laws controlled ...

Every city in Greece had a 'patron' god or goddess ... He now carried her brightly polished shield in one hand and his sword in the other. He knew that he must be getting close to Medusa ...

NARA--Researchers have unearthed a shield-shaped bronze mirror and massive iron sword in an ancient kofun burial mound here, unprecedented discoveries of their kind in Japan. The unusually ...