Agathoklis is one of the most impressive personalities of ancient Greek history. A true adventurer, he managed to rise from a mercenary soldier in the Syracuse army to become emperor, leader of the strongest Greek city in Italy, Syracuse. From 312 BC the Syracuses were fighting against the mighty
Samuel was the tsar of Bulgaria, founder of the first, so-called, Bulgarian empire and opponent of Vasilios II Bulgaroktonos. Samuel was a general of the Bulgarian Army, at the time of Tsar Romanos-Simeon I of Bulgaria. Samuel and his three brothers were descendants of Count Nikolaos, a Bulgaria
We have all learned during our school years that Christopher Columbus he accidentally discovered America on October 12, 1492, Rodrigo de Trianas Tierra a la vista, the caravels Pinta, Niña and Santa María, the subsequent voyages and everything that that historic moment meant for Spain. It is also tr
The Ottoman conquest of Byzantine Asia Minor was not the result of a Madizkert-type catalytic battle. After all, at the beginning of the 14th c. the Byzantine Empire had only very small military forces. However, the Ottomans did not have serious forces either. They were even an insignificant race th