When one thinks of chivalric military orders of the medieval era, the first names that come to mind are the Templars, the Hospitallers, the Teutonic Knights... they are the ones that accumulated the most power, the most famous and well-known, thanks to multiple studies, books, movies and comics. In
Exit from Missolonghi, by Theodoros Vryzakis, 1853. National Gallery, Athens • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The Greek War of Independence lasted almost a decade, from 1821 to 1832, if we stick to a chronology that does not take into account its premises and its immediate aftermath. From this long and compl
The Plaosan Buddhist Temple is also a temple group in which the ruins of temples are located. This temple is only one kilometer to the north-west of the Parambanan temple. This place is called Bugisan village. It is a town-like village in the Klaten Regency of Central Javas Parambanan district with
The men of the Afrika Korps also belonged to an, if not elite, at least distinct force and they knew it. This knowledge gave birth, precisely, to the wonderful unit spirit that possessed the units of the Afrika Korps, from their first to their last combat engagement on the North African front. I