In keeping with the Hellenistic “gigantisms” (a term used to refer to the immense size of the huge armies deployed during the ...

These relationships were vital to their success, because for much of their reign the Seleucids monopolized trade between the Mediterranean world and China and India, the latter in particular of ...

“You delivered the mighty into the hands of the weak and the many into the hands of the few.” – from the “Al Hanissim” prayer recited on Hanukkah The “many” who stormed Jerusalem as ...