The ancient Greeks, at least in Greater Greece, used in their army from time to time mercenaries from very distant places. Wars and mercenaries played an important role in the large-scale movement of people in the classical ancient Greek world of the Mediterranean. This was the conclusion of an inte
On February 5, 1597, 26 Christians (Jesuits, Franciscans and Japanese converts) were crucified on the hill of Nagasaki (Japan) by an imperial order based on to a lie, according to which these Catholic priests would actually be the advance guard of a conquering Spanish army. Crucifixion of the marty
In the Iliad Homer regularly shows divisions of heavy infantry being supported by fire of light infantry. The Orientals developed small formations of heavy infantry and archers and sparabara type formations (a formation where the men in the front line carried large shields and spears and everyon
When the first king of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII, invaded England in 1485 to dethrone King Richard III after defeating him at the Battle of Bosworth and seize the crown, he did so as a representative of the House of Lancaster, one of the two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty contending in the c