The Naval Battle of Salamis is known to all of us and is one of the most famous examples of the military exploitation of the wind. In all the explorations or campaigns of the peoples, the weather factor and especially the wind was sometimes an ally and sometimes an enemy. Those who knew the weather
May 8, 1821. 120 Greeks led by Odysseus Androutsos stand up, camped inside the Hani of Gravia, against 8,000 Turks of Omer Bryonis and manage to stop them, killing and injuring around 1,000 Turks. The battle in Alamana was preceded by the crushing defeat of the Greeks which endangered the revolutio
Gifts have long since been unwrapped. Someone is trying on a new sweater, someone else sprinkles on the received perfume. There is no shortage of gadgets and the latest technology. And what was it like 100 years ago? Exactly the same! Presents appear under a beautifully decorated tree. Some are
After the death of his first wife, Sally, seventy-two-year-old Robert Mugabe married his ex-secretary Grace, forty-one years his junior. There was no one who could gently stop him, with a gentle tug on the sleeve, signaling no to his wildest ideas. Homemade afternoon teas on the porch with tea and s