An inquire-based scenario which combine past and present through alliances in Ancient Greece and European Union. Students discover why people and states insist on alliancies in a different way in ralation to their motivations. This scenario gives students a chance to discover deeply their future political role in European Union and in the same time they understand the difference between European Union and the Ancient Greek Alliance. Hence, they avoid the anachronisms and they are capable to make analogies between the past and present.