Sanctions date back to antiquity, with the "Megarian Decree" issued by Athenian statesman Pericles in 432 BC being the first ...

In 431, shortly after the Peloponnesian War had broken out, Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration to commemorate those troops who had already fallen in battle. Recorded, and probably ...

These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team.

These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... Empire in the 330sBC. In battle, hoplites fought as a team.