Slaves were the lowest class in Athenian society, but according to many contemporary accounts they were far less harshly treated than in most other Greek cities. Indeed, one of the criticisms of ...

Many of them did so purely out of self-interest, in order to continue a barbaric trade, but some historical philosophers sought to justify slavery from the best intentions. The great Greek ...

Ancient Greek laws against tyrants permitted the killing of authoritarians who attacked democracy. Still, popular sovereignty ...

Humanity’s unshakable attraction to warfare and its ramifications are unmistakable themes that run throughout this powerful ...

For centuries, the ancient philosophy that originated in Greece and spread across the Roman Empire was ... home of notable ...

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the kindness and ...

Robert J. O’Neill, the ex-Navy SEAL who claims to have killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is being ridiculed on social ...

Foxes, lions, wolves, donkeys and tortoises. In Robin Waterfield’s translation of these ancient stories, animals are used to ...

It’s all down to a young king called Alexander. He led his army to take over Greece, Persia, Egypt and even part of India. He ruled so much of the world they called him ‘Alexander the Great’.

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th ...

At least seven states have taken slavery exceptions out of their constitutions. In California and Nevada, so-called slavery "loopholes" are on this year's ballot. Much like the 13th Amendment in ...

Keir Starmer has faced renewed calls for Britain to pay slavery reparations which could far exceed £200 billion as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chgom) in Samoa gets underway.