Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Nottingham Castle is well known for tales involving Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. These stories are still an interesting fictional story. However, in Nottingham Castle, two centuries after the legend of Robin Hood, a true story took place that i
In the 9th c. A.D. the Byzantine-Arab wars continued with unabated intensity. In general, it was a period when the Arabs largely had the upper hand, according to what is commonly said. This was also the reason why the Byzantines planned and executed a crude operation, in the heart of enemy territory
Who has not enjoyed the stories of the mythical King Arthur and his noble knights? The sword Excalibur in the stone that only the king of England could remove, the magic of Merlin, the Round Table of the castle of Camelot where Arthur and his knights narrated their exploits saving maidens or fightin
Xerxes, after his magnificent victory at Thermopylae, gathered his army and moved south. His goal was the conquest of Athens, in the first phase and the Peloponnese afterwards. Athens was the second most powerful Greek city, and the Persian king rightly believed that its subjugation would greatly we