Historical educational posts on Ancient Greek history. I'll be covering Greek history stretching from the Greek Bronze Age and the days of Achilles and Troy, to the Hellenistic Age of Alexander and Cleopatra, covering topics ranging from daily city life to all-out warfare. I'll also be looking a lot into Iranian/Persian history, and their infamous conflicts with the Greeks throughout history. All feedback, positive and/or negative, is very welcome. Hope ya learn plenty-a-stuff! :)
5 Jun 2021 21 minute read 7 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Sire, remember the Athenians. These words whispered into King Darius's ear every day since Athens aided in the Ionian revolt would not be forgotten easily. The revolt was ultimately a failure for the Greeks, and the Persians would not stop until...
31 May 2021 1 minute read 3 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Sorry it's been a while - I've had a lot of work commitments to make recently, and blogging has had to unfortunately come second to that. I have slowly been working on the next blog, and I'm nearly done. It's a shame this post in particular has had t...
25 Mar 2021 25 minute read 4 comments YouveBeenGreeked
In 499 BC, the Greek cities of Ionia, on the Western coast of Asia Minor, staged a revolt against Persian rule. Greeks fighting against the Persians were initially successful, especially after gaining assistance from Athens soon after. Persia was ini...
25 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1 comment YouveBeenGreeked
That's all. Just have a great day. Lots of love to everyone. :) ...OK that's not all. Also on this day in history:• 274 AD - Emperor Aurelian (the best emperor ever, don't @ me) dedicates a temple to the sun god Sol Invictus• 337 AD - First known d...
2 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments YouveBeenGreeked
My drawing of a Spartan Hoplite, c.6th/5th century BC I can't remember exactly when I drew this, but it was a couple of years ago now - hope you like it, and sorry for the scrunched up paper! Makes me wonder if I should get back into drawing? ... --...
1 Aug 2020 19 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The history of the world, from one perspective, is one of tyrants, monarchs, emperors and dictators vying for power and repressing the wills and freedoms of the many beneath them. Yet in one corner of the world, in the late sixth century BC, one smal...
26 Jul 2020 21 minute read 4 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The amount of tyrants that took control of a city in ancient Greece is near innumerable, so I've decided to limit this post to three cities I found to have the most interesting stories of being ruled by tyrants: the cities of Athens, Corinth and the...
25 Jul 2020 4 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The world’s oldest and most stable democracy emerged in Ancient Athens. The current Greek capital, Athens has remained prosperous and cultural for millennia. First settled in Neolithic times, some six thousand years ago, the city would go on to birth...
23 Jul 2020 13 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Once all of Solon's laws were implemented, there wasn’t a day that went by in which he didn’t receive an audience expressing their approval or disproval of a law. People were also known to approach Solon asking about the finite details of each law. W...
22 Jul 2020 27 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
At the end of the sixth century BC, Cleisthenes is famous for instituting Ancient Athenian democracy as we know it. Yet the road to this form of government was a long one for the city-state. The previous century saw decades of economic, moral and pol...
