Coronation of Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanian Empire in a relief at Naqsh-e Rostam / photo Ginolerhino 2002 on Wikimedia Commons A comparison of the size of armies throughout history, carried out ...

A scene from "300" (ITAR-TASS) March 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A Hollywood film with the simple title "300" is arousing anger in Iran. Directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Zack Snyder, the film portrays the ...

TEHRAN, Iran --In a climactic battle at sea, an Iranian commander orders his forces to open fire on a much larger U.S. fleet, obliterating it with a barrage of rockets, some of which tear American ...

Throughout History, men have not had enough of tearing each other apart in an endless number of wars, but they have incorporated all kinds of animals into the slaughters, from the most orthodox such ...

The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks and Persians.

Skeletal remains of two soldiers and weapons were uncovered during excavations in Sardis, an ancient Lydian city situated in the western province of Manisa, in modern-day Türkiye, echoes of a dramatic ...

The Persian Gulf Battle" is a 2016 Iranian animated war film directed by Farhad Azima. Set during the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, the story unfolds with an unprovoked attack by Saudi F-15 Eagles, piloted by ...

Captain (Vincent Regan), Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and the Spartans stand ready to halt the advance of the Persian army in 300. For those wondering, director Zack Snyder’s 300 isn’t a remake of the ...