The city of Spartolos was the capital of the Vottians. The city was located in western Halkidiki, near Olynthos. It was part of the Athenian Alliance until the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (431 BC) when it rebelled and left the alliance. In 429 BC an Athenian force of about 4,000 men under
In 1921 the Greek Army had already been fighting in Asia Minor for some time. The Cavalry, although small in number, had played an important role in operations. But soon he would write new pages of glory in the Greek homelands there. In June 1921 the Cavalry Brigade (TI), after its participation
Oppidum is a Latin term which designates the fortified places of the Gauls. Originally used only in case of danger, an oppidum corresponds to a simple fortified refuge:it can be protected by favorable hydrography (Lutèce, on the current site of Paris), by swamps (Alesia) or by a relief in overhang (
Fidonisi, Snake Island officially, is a small island in the Black Sea at a distance of about 35 km from the coast, at the mouth of the Danube River. The island today belongs to Ukraine but has been occupied by the Russians. However, things were not always like this. In ancient times the island wa