In 586 AD the Byzantine Empire and that of the Sassanid Persians were again at war. In 582 AD general Maurice had ascended the throne of Constantinople. Oromisdas IV did not reign in Ctesiphon. The war continued in different phases with the Persians having the initiative on the border of Mesopotamia
The Muslim conquest began on July 19, 711, when on the banks of the Guadalete, the Arab and Berber troops of Táriq, freedman of Muza, defeated the Visigothic army of King Rodrigo , victim of the treacherous betrayal of Vitizas children and those close to him, among whom the Archbishop of Seville, Op
Sometimes we tend to idealize everything that comes from the East. Without going any further, in Western eyes the figure of the samurai is usually surrounded by a halo of mysticism that has little to do with reality. We think they were honorable, spiritual warriors with high moral principles, but wh
The battle of Thimbri one of the most important but also the least known of the ancient world. The victors took Asia Minor by a stroke. The battle was won thanks to a smart plan combined with new weapons. Kyros, the first great king of Achaemenid Persia, began to build his empire after his victor