Veroia or Veroi was a Greek city, founded by King Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great. Today it is known as Stara Zagora and belongs to Bulgaria. Near the city, in 1122, the famous battle took place that wiped out the nation of Patsinaki from the list of peoples... OF PANTELIS D. KARYKAS
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
After graduating from West Point and serving in the Mexican War, Ulysses S. Grant he retired from the army and spent several years as a civilian with little success in business ventures. With the beginning of the Civil War he joined the Union Army. Step by step and victory after victory, like those
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In a previous blog entry we had talked about the crossroads that the year 1066 marked in English history. The fate of the country was decided in a few days in three battles:Fulford, where the Norwegians under King Harald Hardradda (supported by Tostig, brot