The Middle Ages was a long period of history that stretched from the 5th century to the 15th century. Its beginning was marked by the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in 476 AD, and the end, by the Ottoman Turks taking of Constantinople, in 1453. It was also in this period that feudalism, a polit
There are some swords that have gone down in history with their own name, in the case of the two of the Cid (Tizona and Laundry ), the Joyeuse of Charlemagne, the Durendal of Roldán or the Zulfiqar of Ali (the son-in-law of Mohammed), among others. But if there is one that is universally known, it
Pignora imperii is a latin term that can be translated as something like domain objects . The Romans believed that these objects possessed a kind of power that, together, guaranteed Romes dominance over the rest of the worlds peoples, and its continuity. The sources mention a variable number of the
Traditionally, the great trump card of Athens over Sparta in that long rivalry they maintained for primacy in the Greek world was their navy, thanks to which they were able to compensate for the unstoppable war machine of the Spartan army on land. However, after the trial for blasphemy of his most p