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•June 1, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Roger de Flor’s Catalan Company went to war in 1302 for a dangerously fragile Byzantine Empire. More »
•June 1, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Roger de Flor’s Catalan Company went to war in 1302 for a dangerously fragile Byzantine Empire. More »
•May 17, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Mehmed the Conqueror, the Sultan Mehmet II, wanted to capture Constantinople in 1453, but the city’s defenders fought with all their might. More »
•April 22, 2019 • Read Comments (2)
Subsequent failed campaigns to capture regions of the Byzantine Empire led Igor I of Keiv to be considered one of the worst leaders in history. More »
•February 12, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Mary, Queen of Scots was let down by a faulty cipher and her misplaced trust in the reputed cleverness of her co-conspirators. More »
•February 3, 2019 • Read Comments (2)
“An obol for Belisarius!” became a catchphase for the shabby treatment governments meted out to their ex-soldiers. But what was the origin of the legend? More »
•February 2, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
During the Russo-Turkish war, the Russian invasion seemed to be a triumphant march clear to Constantinople. Until, that is, they reached the town of Plevna. More »
•January 28, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Following an amphibious landing on the Crimean Peninsula, the allied army of France and Great Britain marched on Sevastopol. More »
