His decision to abdicate was partly in response to pressure from politicians and generals who believed that his continued presence on the throne could hinder the process of negotiation with the victorious Allied powers. Additionally, there were widespread revolutions and unrest in Germany at the time, with citizens calling for the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a democratic republic.
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
At the time of the digital revolution, it is very difficult for us to imagine how tumultuous the history of photography was and especially how long it took to take even a single photograph. This invention, now common to everyone, we owe it to a Frenchman, Nicéphore Niépce. Intended for the priestho
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets A few months ago, the body of English King Richard III was buried in Leicester. It may surprise you that the remains of a king who died in 1485 are buried in 2015. This is the story.In 2012, a group of researchers from the University of Leicester led by Ric
In 558 AD a strong force of Kotrigur barbarians (Bulgarian-Turkic race) under the leadership of Xavergan crossed the Danube and entered Byzantine territory. The Kotrigurs and their relatives the Uighurs were known to the Byzantines from their conflicts with the Lombards in Italy, when 12,000 barbari