Bright white buildings, sunlit hills, delicious cuisine, and ancient ruins scattered throughout the city all make Athens one of the most incredible cities in Europe. The capital of Greece is a ...

Host Mitch Jeserich recounts the story of how the decline and destruction of he Ancient Athenian Democracy happened. Included in this episode are such stories of how the Athenian Democracy turned into ...

As you walk around, you can almost hear the echoes of ancient Athenians discussing philosophy and governance. The building's design showcases the precision and artistry of Greek architects ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and ...

Democracy means a system in which all citizens ... The first “democracies” in the Ancient Greek city states did not resemble what we would mean by that term today, not least because only ...

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC ... wrote plays and founded the first proper democracy. Historians call this Classical Greece. Image caption, The Parthenon temple was built ...

A liberal democracy is a representative democracy with rule of law, protection for individual liberties and rights, and ...

While no one place can be called the "mother" of democracies, Indian democracy is as ancient as Greek democracy, and both evolved independently.

All ancient texts are read in English translation. Studies Greek history from 800 B.C. (the rise of the city-state) to 323 B.C. (the death of Alexander the Great). Emphasizes the development of ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...

View our world through the eyes of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, inventors of theater, democracy, Civil law, and straight roads! UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to ...