Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the ...

In 1901 the Jewish National Fund was established with the purpose of reclaiming the ancestral homeland of the Jews (Israel/Palestine). This was done by PURCHASING LAND from the Turkish rulers ...

What was so special about Belisarius was that he accepted the bargain. Doing the right thing was enough. Serving his country, his God, and doing his duty faithfully was all that mattered. Any ...

It’s early springtime in Paris and the first, frothy cherry blossoms have escaped their buds, although down by the River ...

Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian ...

The Russian military, as reported by The Independent and Reuters, is sending soldiers to fight in Ukraine with weapons that were manufactured at the end of the 19th century and were used during World ...

Were the soldiers of the late Roman Empire truly weak and undisciplined, or is that just a myth? This video reevaluates their training, equipment, and real battlefield performance. Major Backlash ...

Photo from Constructing the Limes Roman soldiers typically stayed at temporary camps for a few days or weeks before continuing marching. The Hoog Buurlo camp may have “served as a stopover en ...

The Bromeswell bucket is a 6th-century artifact that was discovered ... a “diplomatic gift” or “acquired by a mercenary Saxon soldier.” That raises interesting questions about the ...

The fragments of the sixth century Byzantine bucket have fascinated ... or it was acquired by a mercenary Saxon soldier. “We think that the bucket had a life prior to burial,” Howarth wrote ...

A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs approved headstones ...