'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 ...

The ancient Greek city-state of Thebes had been under ... The Thebans couldn’t compete with that scale of military training, so a commander named Gorgidas suggested that they deploy a uniquely ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region ... Tholos in the Sanctuary of Athena at Delphi. [T]heir training was calculated to make them obey commands well ...

Still, the training effect of all that sitting time ... to excel in competition—and thereby to experience ancient Greek virtue. Many centuries later, these ancient beliefs that athletes should ...

This remarkable find has offered unique insights into how young citizens were educated in the ancient Greek colony, which focused heavily on both intellectual and physical training. The gymnasium ...

Ancient Greek sources described it as a nasty concoction ... to the victims but also to the perpetrators themselves. Military training and bravery were useless against these kinds of weapons ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently ... to be used and maintained as a central training center for young people." Archaeologists are ...

The department offers specialized training in the Greek and Latin languages and in classical civilization for vocational or professional purposes. Language instruction in ancient Greek and Latin can ...