My favourite part of history

I have learned about many things in the past year of history, but a few topics stood out to me. Mainly the topics of Greece and Rome. Though Greece I found was a little more interesting, so I will write about Greece. Greece is located North of Egypt and East of Turkey and is a …

Important Greek People

Socrates, Archimedes, and Aristotle, were some of the most famous people that ever came out of ancient Greece. What they did in life greatly influenced and impacted the world today. I will go through all three of them, and give you a brief description of each. First. Socrates:Socrates was known to be the first philosopher, …

The Peloponnesian Wars

The Peloponnesian wars were based around Athens and Sparta, it started in 459 BC and lasted 15 years. It was very hard to have decisive battles because both sides wanted it on their turf mainly Athens at sea and Sparta on land. The Athenians had a very good navy so they went to Spartas coasts …

The Iliad, Odyssey and the Aeneid

There were many great poets and writers in ancient Greece and Rome. Two of the most famous were Homer and Virgil. They wrote some of the most spectacular stories of that time. The Iliad, and Odyssey were written by Homer about the Trojan war and the return from the war. And the Aeneid was written …