Herodotus

Thucydides

Plato

Sallust

Tacitus

He led the defense of Syracuse from the Carthaginian Empire.

He led the Greek forces to victory against the Persians at the Battle of Plataea.

He was placed in charge of the Greek campaign, after the end of the Persian Wars, to remove Persian influence from the Greek-speaking world.

He was accused of conspiring with the Persians by his political rivals.

He was a Spartan.

Cyrus the Great

Darius I

Xerxes

Alexander the Great

Ashurbanipal

Xerxes I

Darius I

Cyrus I

Bessus

An organization of city-states under the leadership of Athens

An organization of city-states under the leadership of Sparta

A school of philosophy based in Ionian Greece

A school of philosophy based in Athens

A sporting competition that preceded the development of the Olympics