476 AD
It is known that the Western Roman Empire collapsed circa 476 CE, although Roman authority had receded from much of the province by the 4th century.
646 CE
By the 7th century, Egypt had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate. Egypt became part of the new Muslim empire with the Arab conquest in 646 CE.
Throughout history there are multiple examples of the use of animals for war. And to be more specific, as weapons of war itself. Even germ warfare has roots that go back beyond antiquity, as Adrienne Mayor brilliantly exposed in her fantastic book Greek Fire, Poison Arrows &Scorpion Bombs. But in m
On Saturday, October 19, 1929, we learn that the Secretary of State for Commerce, Lamont, is experiencing difficulties in obtaining from state funds the 100,000 dollars necessary for the maintenance of the yacht Corsair, including the financier John Pierpont Morgan just donated to the government. Th
Antigone Monophthalmos was born around the year 382 BC. C. in Macedonia. Although his origins are not unclear, it is presumable that he came from an aristocratic family. He was the son of a man named Philip and his wife, whose name is not mentioned to us, but who, at some point, would remarry Perian
The capture of the island was to ensure the Americans an air base only 1,200 kilometers from Tokyo. Until then, bombing missions had started from the Mariana Islands more than 5,000 kilometers from Japan:a distance that made escorting fighters impossible; heavy losses followed among the B-29 superfo