These ancient Greek weapons were quite literally toxic. ... The cauldron was filled with burning coals, pine resin, and sulfur—the same accelerants innovated by the Spartans at Plataea.

Pausanias, the Spartan King Who Defeated the Persians at Plataea and Died Entombed by His Own Fellow Citizens by Jorge Álvarez March 7, 2025 March 7, 2025. ... and, with the triremes he still had, ...

Plataea was at the time a pawn in a war of the ancient Greek superpowers, Athens and Sparta, and was besieged by the Theban allies of Sparta, who coveted Plataea’s territory.

The Battle of Plataea Battle scene, from The Greeks documentary The defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis in 480 was by no means the end of the war, but it was the decisive battle that made ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from the wealthy middling ranks of society, particularly the farmers. They wore bronze armor breastplates, helmets ...

New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xxx, 204. Illus, maps, chron., notes, biblio., index. $24.95. ISBN: 0199747326 As the primary source of the Graeco-Persian Wars, the historian, Herodotus ...

Herodotus was the first writer to perform a systematic investigation of historical events, for which the ancient Roman orator Cicero conferred on him the title of “The Father of History ...

Chemical weapons have been used in war since ancient times. ... 428BC - Siege of Plataea. Wood was saturated with pitch and sulphur by the Spartan army besieging the Athenians at Plataea.

In late 2016, a team of 20 researchers took a detailed look at Ampelakia Bay on the Greek Island of Salamis and found what they believe is one of the ancient world’s most famous naval bases.

And here’s where the parallels with the Siege of Plataea are particularly salient. Plataea was at the time a pawn in a war of ...