'This mystery exercise, used by wrestlers like Milo and gladiators like Spartacus, was ditch digging. Digging with a shovel was seen as one of the best ways to build upper-body strength in Ancient ...

Myke Cole - Co-author, The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae Ancient ... with just 100 men to relieve the beleaguered city of Methone (modern Methoni) in southwest Greece.

Calisthenics is based on how ancient Greek warriors trained. It uses bodyweight exercises to maximize strength, flexibility, equilibrium and neuromuscular coordination. The result is incredible ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.

In ancient times ... and run away. Greek warships had oars as well as sails. The largest warships had three banks of oars and were called ‘triremes’. A trireme needed 170 men to row it ...