Conquered, the Greeks profited as translators, tutors and imperial sidekicks. Strabo’s “Geography,” written as Rome was ...

It’s not exactly an appealing descriptor. On top of that, the Roman geographer Strabo wrote that the Irish were “more savage ...

Caravans full of silk, spices and jewellery passed along here, while ancient writers like Strabo and Pliny the Elder waxed ...

According to ancient myths, Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, invaded India long before Alexander the Great was born.

There's a famous utterance by Strabo, a Greek geographer of the late first century, B.C., who says that you can't go anywhere in the civilized world without encountering a Jew. And by his time ...

There are countless theories regarding the location of Alexander the Great's tomb. What does the evidence show?

Recent excavations conducted by archaeologists from Austrian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of ...

In his Geography, Greek historian Strabo wrote of a queen called “Candace” who signed a peace treaty with the emperor Augustus. Candace, in fact, means “sister,” and was the title given to ...

Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

co-founder and COO of Strabo, a global portfolio tracker for stocks, crypto and other assets. Investment in physical gold in the form of bars, coins, medals and physically backed exchange-traded ...

The Greek geographer, Strabo, mentions the export of slaves, hunting dogs and corn from Late Iron Age Britain.This iron slave-chain was once thrown into a lake called Llyn Cerrig Bach, on Anglesey.

“With different sectors and asset classes having fallen at different rates, your portfolio breakdown will likely have changed,” says Ben Waterman, co-founder of Strabo, a global investment ...