The inhabitants of Phthia were called Myrmidones in the Homeric era. They got their name from Myrmidon, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa, according to the legend. The same myth states that Zeus transformed himself into an ant in order to mate with the said princess, hence the name of their offspring.
The historical site of Thermopylae became a battlefield not only in the famous conflict of 480 BC. but several more times in history. In 996 AD the Bulgarians, under Tsar Samuel, taking advantage of the involvement of the emperor Vasilios Bulgaroktonos with the Arabs, besieged Thessaloniki. However,
After the decision to intervene against the Bolsheviks in Ukraine, the French sent meager forces to the region, also requesting Greeces assistance. El. Venizelos agreed and ordered the dispatch of the 1st Army Corps. The first Greek unit to arrive in Ukraine was the heroic 34th Infantry Regiment (IP
The era of the Descendants of Alexander the Great is, in general, a period of decline in every manifestation of Hellenism, without military tactics being an exception. After the peak of the period of the great Greek Macedonian king and his immediate Successors, who followed in his footsteps, there f