Elias Koukounakis made his first voyage as a sailor in 1963 at the age of 16. The then young Cretan had decided to work on the ships but could not yet travel abroad because he had not completed his military service. In 1966, at the age of 19, he was a cabin boy on the ship Heraklion, which, after 15
The War of the Spanish Succession has been raging since 1704, but will end with the last great French victory , July 24, 1712 during the Battle of Denain . A simple fight in four to five hours, a model of strategy admired in military schools, which had considerable results:this victory finally made
The unforgettable Peter Ustinov plays Nero in Quo vadis? Nero loved singing and played the zither Nero he had a lot of fixations ( see https://www.pilloledistoria.it/8959/storia-antica/nerone-la-passione-lo-sport) , but for art, especially the Greek one, he nurtured a true and deep passion f
When getting even the smallest amount of money is a matter of survival, the limit of what you can earn becomes mobile. Literally everything was traded during the Second World War. Contemporary auction sites with their oddities are nothing compared to what the merchants in occupied Poland offered.