- Warriors who fought on horseback.
- Members of the warrior elite in their respective societies.
- Honorable men who were expected to follow a strict code of conduct.
Apolonio Molón, also known as Molón de Rodas, was certainly cool . In the first decades of the 1st century B.C. there was no more famous orator in the entire Mediterranean. He was born in Alabanda, a Greek city in Caria (today present-day Doganyurt on the southwestern coast of Turkey). He studied un
Orpheus holding a harp plays before the gods of the Underworld, Hades and Persephone. By Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Johnny Van Haeften Gallery, London Orphism and Pythagoreanism share a set of beliefs whose cornerstone is the existence of an immortal soul subject to the long and terribl
While Bullard stalled in front of the Kriemhilde line, Liggett prepared a daring tactical maneuver to relieve the flank of his army. He assembled the 82nd Division and launched his attack across the Aire valley, capturing the escarpments overlooking the Argonne. This relieved the pressure on the los
This was the harangue received by the colonial troops of the French Expeditionary Corps (FEC) commanded by General Alphonse Juin shortly before defeating the Germans at the Battle of Montecassino (Italy)… If they win this battle, for fifty hours they will be the absolute owners of everything they