Battle of Thermopylae: 10 Misconceptions You Should Know
Popular culture has been kind to the historical episode of the Battle of Thermopylae, but with romanticized anecdotes intertwined between the actual events that took…
Popular culture has been kind to the historical episode of the Battle of Thermopylae, but with romanticized anecdotes intertwined between the actual events that took…
The Battle of Hastings fought on 14 October 1066, proved to be a pivotal event in the long run – with medieval continental Europeans gaining…
While from the military perspective, the Battle of Hastings counts as a single (albeit interesting) encounter between two different martial cultures, the event in itself…
The historical significance of the Battle of Marathon cannot be overstated, with this pivotal encounter setting the stage for the Greco-Persian wars that continued for…
Battle of Cannae (216 BC), contested between the ancient Mediterranean powerhouses of Rome and Carthage, is usually considered as a particularly bloody episode – which…
When it comes to architectural endeavors, most historians are quite impressed by the massive monumental works across Europe by the turn of the 4th millennium…