The Conversation: An elite fighting unit of gay lovers – the Theban Sacred Band in ancient Greece (opens in new tab)

Peter Londey, Australian National University In 1880, in the village of Chaironeia in central Greece, Greek archaeologists made a remarkable find: a largely undisturbed mass grave of 254 ancient soldiers, some of whom are buried arm in arm. The men in this grave were clearly a special group, and it has generally been assumed that […]