Games, Comics and Stuff
Game: Command your own Trireme
Have you ever dreamt of commanding your own trireme at the Battle of Salamis? The British Museum gives you the opportunity to experience it. Just press on the picture to get to the activity.
A Comic Book from our Library
300 is a historically inspired 1998 comic book limited series written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley.
The comic is a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta.300 was particularly inspired by the 1962 film The 300 Spartans, a movie that Miller watched as a young boy. The work was adapted in 2007 to a film of the same name. In 2010, Dark Horse Comics announced that Miller will write and draw a prequel to "300" titled "Xerxes" to be released sometime in 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
Horrible Histories - Alexander the Great
You knew that Alexander founded nearly seventy cities and named sixteen of them Alexandria? Such an egolatry deserves some parody, don't you think?
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