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  • The first military cause of Franco's repression in Barcelona

    The republican government would come to form integrated combat columns by the remains of the loyal military units, the Civil Guard, the Assault Guard and by volunteer militiamen, but in those of the rebels the Civil Guard had less weight, which was assigned more frequently to police work in the rear

  • Interview with Keith Rocco

    Where did the interest of him for the painting? Since I was a child I have always been good at drawing, but it was my father who instilled in me a taste for art. I remember his great interest in the artists of the Italian Renaissance, the first great masters I came to know. I couldnt have been mor

  • The Gates of Hougoumont, Waterloo 1815

    The château of Hougoumont Although the Anglo-Allied Commander-in-Chief, who had had the opportunity to inspect the place long ago, was perfectly aware of the existence of the fortified farm, its defensive possibilities and its importance As a bulwark capable of breaking French assaults, it is very l

  • Liebertwolkwitz, the largest cavalry battle of the Napoleonic Wars

    Murat , King of Naples, had orders from Napoleon to hold off the Army of Bohemia , for which he fell back to a favorable position, a smooth plateau that stretched between the towns of Liebertwolkwitz, Gueldengossa and Wachau, crowned by a hill (Galgenberg) from which the French artillery dominated t

  • Möckern, October 16, 1813. First day of the Battle of Leipzig

    As the allied armies advanced from three axes towards the central position of Napoleon in Leipzig , a series of desperate battles broke out with which the emperor hoped to keep his enemies apart. Following Murats defeat at the Battle of Liebertwolkwitz on October 14, south of Leipzig, approaching

  • Visit to the Panorama Museum of the Battle of Borodino

    Located, how could it be otherwise, on Kutúzov Avenue (38, Kutuzovsky prospekt, Kutuzovskaya metro), next to the Arch of Triumph and close to the Museum of the Great Patriotic War (those interested in express Russification, both can be visited on the same day), the Panorama of the Battle Museum of B

  • Cossacks against Napoleon in the Russian Campaign (1812)

    If there is a type of troop that highlights the uniqueness of the Russian army of the Napoleonic Wars, it is undoubtedly the Cossack cavalry , irregular troops from the steppes of southern Russia and Ukraine of heterogeneous origins (of Tatar, Slavic and even Polish descent) and strong identity of t

  • Pablo Morillo, the Peacemaker

    Born in 1775 in Fuentesecas, Zamora, Pablo Morillo He soon adopted military life and enlisted in 1791 in the Marine Corps, within which he participated in the Coalition Wars (1792-1797) against the French revolutionaries. For the services rendered to the Royal Navy during these conflicts, he was pro

  • IV Recreation of the Siege of Zaragoza

    What were the Sieges of Zaragoza and why did their fame resonate throughout the world as an example of courage, resistance to tyranny, and defense of freedom, to the point that when in 1944 the Germans destroyed the Warsaw ghetto, one of the favorite slogans of the resisters was “Remember Zaragoza!”

  • The sign of the cross, an epic of sex and religion

    It is often said that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, but when it comes to Antiquity and its interpretation by an artist, sometimes these pictorial representations, sculptural, literary or cinematographic works do not help us historians at all, since they lead the viewer to believe them at fa

  • Gladiators. Those infamous town heroes

    Despite the fact that this activity is frequently attributed as an inheritance from the Etruscans, probably in syncretism with other Italic traditions, fundamentally from the Oscan-Campano-Lucana region, some authors such as A. Futrell think that the origin of the gladiatorship could be almost unive

  • Roman Army and Romanites

    In parallel and for obvious reasons, the evolution of society always translated into an evolution of the Roman army. Even, on occasions, it was the mutations within the army that stimulated changes in society. Lastly, the majority are those cases in which it is difficult to determine which is the ch

  • A zombie outbreak in the Roman Empire?

    According to Dion Cassius (LXX.3.1), the Roman troops would have already suffered the plague in 164 AD. in Armenia, but for Lucian of Samosata (Quomodo Hist . . . . conscr . . . . 15) the outbreak of pestilence would have originated in Ethiopia, whence it passed into Egypt, to then propagate into As

  • The Notitia Dignitatum

    A document of these characteristics, therefore, does not It could not be limited to a single moment, but it had to evolve along with events. The first draft is located around the year 394 or 395 and would be the official basis for future updates, which were happening without regularity until the yea

  • From the pilum to the plumbata

    The use of the pilum in the Italian peninsula it began very early, the first specimens are documented in the Samnium region in the 8th century BC. C. (Roggiano Gravina specimens). From the 5th century BC. C. we also document it in Lucania (specimens from Metaponto, Paestum...) and in Etruria (speci

  • The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields

    Very little is known for certain about this momentous battle, since there is hardly any archaeological evidence and contemporary chronicles are fragmentary. The main primary source we have is Jordanes who, as a Gothic apologist for him, glorified the war actions of his fellow men on both sides and p

  • Wake up Ferro interviews Adrian Goldsworthy

    D.F. Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy, in your case, what was the spark that sparked his interest in Roman history? A.G. Several things. As a child, every Christmas and Easter they used to broadcast movies like Spartacus, Ben Hur, etc. And then there were the Asterix books, which he adored. I have always be

  • Rome in the cinema:reality and invention

    In this text we do not try to carry out a detailed dissection of the “Roman cinema” , but to place the lens of the camera in the image of Rome, as a city and capital of an empire, through some films, and with the excuse of the triumphal parade, used as a vehicle to make that panoramic view of the ci

  • Exhibition «Women of Rome. Seductive, maternal, excessive» at Caixaforum Madrid

    Last Wednesday, November 11, Desperta Ferro attended the exhibition that is currently in the CaixaForum Madrid, «Women of Rome. Seductive, maternal, excessive» . Today we bring you part of her press kit and an exquisite photo gallery so you can see for yourself. To see it live and direct, you have u

  • VIA SCIPIONIS EXPERIMENTAL ARCHEOLOGY PROJECT:FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF SCEPION THE AFRICAN

    The starting day was August 3, 2015, with the departure from Amposta, where the Nova Classis camp was located. Arrival in Cartagena, on August 17. And what better way to get to know this company in depth than an interview with Eduard Ble, Albit Espuña, José Miguel Gallego, Javier García, Pau Menénde

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