In the Yamakawa Shuppansha World History Glossary, the Social War is described as follows. 91-88 BC, a rebellion caused by an alliance city on the Italian peninsula demanding Roman citizenship. The rebel sura promised to grant citizenship with the consent of the Senate and suppressed it. . When
The Byzantine Empire survived over 1000 years with its powerful army as its support. An important power multiplier of the Imperial armies was the well-trained heavy infantry, the famous Scutati (shield-bearing, from the Latin word scutum =shield) infantry. The Skutatoi, in that period, were orga
None of Japans world history textbooks mention the Battle of Pharsalus, Romes greatest battle, but at the same time, no textbook does not mention the Council of Nikea. It seems that the meeting that confirmed the Christian doctrine was more important to the Japanese textbook editor than the fate o
During the reigns of Pepin the Short and his son Charlemagne, the Carolingians conquered, between the 8th and 9th centuries, vast territories and united large areas of western Europe into a single unit. On Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans. This map shows the