Today we mourn the loss, four years ago, of teacher Peter Connolly , British historian and illustrator, whose works have illuminated classical antiquity for generations of readers. For many, the last charge of the Spartans at Thermopylae, the clash of triremes at Salamis or Alexanders phalanx at Hyd
The Italian Spring Offensive began, on the 2nd Army Corps front, in the area of Trebesina, on March 9, 1941. The main objective of the Italians was the capture of the uncontested hill 731. Within 10 days, the Italians launched 17 successive attacks against the hill, which were repulsed with heavy c
Efthimios Karahisaridis, known as papa-Efthim, was born in 1884 in the area of Ankara. He was ordained a priest in 1941 to avoid conscription into the notorious Labor Orders. Although married and the father of five children, after his ordination he changed his name to Euthymios from Pavlos. Aft
Of what is now known as History of Rome, the description of Tacitus is mostly adopted during the period from the first emperor Augustus to the time of the three emperors. Tacituss writings are the history of Rome as they are, and we know the history of Rome through Tacitus. Senator Tacitus Oft