A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

Democracy in Athens had finally come to an end. The destiny of Greece would thereafter become inseparable with the empire of Philip's son: Alexander the Great.

Now, following nearly five decades of excavation and 16 years of painstaking restoration, visitors can enter the Royal Palace ...

The Greek coins were struck by some of the most powerful city-states and rulers of the ancient world, such as Athens, Corinth and Alexander the Great. The coins were donated in 1935 to the UB ...

Alexander the Great founded over 70 cities and created ... Instead, Greece was divided up into small city-states, like Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Olympia. Each city-state ruled itself.

Athens and Thebes allied and faced Philip ... As Arrian is known to be a great admirer of Alexander, this narrative fits. Interestingly, Arrian highlights how the Greeks and not the Macedonians ...

Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So, ancient Greeks living in Sparta considered themselves Spartan or Athenian first, and Greek second. Alexander the Great was a powerful ruler who at one time ...