The infantry company of the Greek Army in 1940 extended four platoons. It also had a command team and battle transports. Consequently, the strength of a full-strength company of the time was close to 200 men, a large number even by the standards of the time, which, however, made up for the lack of g
In 533 AD Justinian assigned the general Belisarius to conquer the marauding state of the Germanic Vandals in North Africa. For this purpose, he allocated only 5,000 horsemen of which 1,500 were elite buccalarians, under Ioannis Troglitis. On June 24, 533 AD the small Byzantine army landed in No
After the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the new Sultan Selim II, immediately after ascending to the throne, decided to campaign against the Venetian-occupied Cyprus. On July 1, 1570, the Turkish armada rushed to the bay of Paphos and the next day the Turkish troops landed in Limassol, without e
The illumination and more particularly the illuminated letters are something other than a vulgar formatting. Attention to detail and precision are two characteristic elements of this way of highlighting a piece of writing. This art which gives so many colors to the writings was born in the Middle Ag