The hoplite phalanx was not a simple standard deep battle formation like its predecessors. The formation and the battle system introduced with it (according to tradition) by Argios Pheidon constituted an unprecedented military revolution, which was to determine the fate of Hellenism some two centuri
On the occasion of the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, I return to the decisive events that culminated in the Norman conquest of England after that battle, which I discussed in the entries dedicated to the year 1066, Emma of Normandy, the coronation of William the Conqueror, Edgar Aethe
Today is the French National Holiday commemorating the taking of the Bastille . It was held for the first time on July 14, 1790 on the Champ de Mars in the city of Paris as a celebration of the first anniversary of the taking of the Bastille on Tuesday, July 14, 1789. Although the medieval fortress,
Introduction Last April 17th marked the 60th anniversary of the failed invasion of Cuba that took place at the Bay of Pigs. It was a military operation carried out by Cuban exiles supported by the United States government through the CIA who, in April 1961, landed in that place with the intention o