Polycrates was the tyrant of Samos, a fierce warrior and an enlightened ruler. He was responsible for the construction of engineering projects that are considered to be before their time, including a large aqueduct dug through a mountain known as the Tunne...

https://i.imgur.com/TJKbeBX.png Click the Banner for MORE Great Negotiators! Adds Epaminondas, Greek General and Statesman of Thebes, he reshaped the political map of Greece, tearing down the existing alliances of the time and building new ones. Praised fo...

Pheidon was an ambitious ruler, supposedly descended from Heracles and Temenus, who ruled Argos at a time when it rivalled Sparta and reigned as the dominant military power in Greece. He is credited as the originator of the iconic hoplite phalanx and used ...