Attilas army could also be described as the Hunnic imperial army. Contrary to the army he inherited from his forefathers, Attila included in his war machine a large number of vassal warriors, mainly Germans. They fought under the command of their own leaders, following their customary way of fightin
The unification of Italy it was a process of union between the various kingdoms that made up the Italian Peninsula, after the expulsion of the Austrians. It took place in the second half of the 19th century and ended in 1871. With this, the kingdoms began to form a single country, the Kingdom of It
Pl. berserker. [Who wears a] bear “shirt”, exact synonym of ûfhedinn:[who wears] wolf fur. Snorri Sturluson who sees in ber an idea of nudity and concludes that the berserkir went shirtless is probably wrong. Warriors. The berserkir are those wild or furious warriors who, under certain circums
Odysseus (in ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς / Odusseús, in Latin Ulixes, then by deformation Ulysses) is one of the most famous heroes of Greek mythology. King of Ithaca, son of Laertes and Anticleia, he is married to Penelope, of whom he has a son, Telemachus. He is renowned for his mètis, this cunning int