We generally know and study the colossal mosaic ofpeoples and ethnic groups who lived in the transition from Antiquity to the Medieval focusing attention on the movements of barbarian peoples to the west. However, some moved in the opposite direction and we lose track of them a little in the immens
Pericles dreamed of creating a Panhellenic city and for this he enlisted some of the best Greek intellectuals of the time. The story begins around 720 B.C. when the Achaeans of Helice and Troezen founded a colony in Magna Graecia, at the western end of the interior of the Gulf of Taranto. They call
One of the most repeated myths in Antiquity is that of the king whose end is prophesied at the hands of a descendant. This leads the father to abandon him in the belief that he will die and, thus, he will be able to avoid the predicted destiny. Then it turns out that the boy is saved and fulfills h
Trung Trac and Trung Nhi staged a rebellion against Han Chinas rule of the country in the mid-1st century AD. It is logical that a country like Vietnam , shaken by a war experience as terrible as the one that led to its independence in those strange two decades of war (1955-1975), in which France,
If history, due to reasons that are too long to deal with, is predominantly led by male characters, even more so in military history, since war has been almost exclusively a matter of that sex. Now, there is no shortage in the chronicles of references to female warriors or that they stood at the he
In Ancient Greece, Sparta it was a rare bird , not only in the eyes of a current observer but even for his own contemporaries. Its peculiar socio-political organization, which in a certain way extended to the economy and religion, gave rise to a series of customs and traditions , like the agogé (s
Surely more than one reader will remember the novel (or its film version) Sinuhé the Egyptian , by Finnish Mika Waltari. It tells the story of the pharaohs doctor, his rise and fall because of a femme fatale, his travels through neighboring worlds and his final involvement in the monotheistic revol
If Man has never had too many scruples to make mincemeat of his neighbor in wars, better luck could not be expected for the animals at his service. Dogs, horses, pigeons, bees and pack animals, for example, have participated in the pandemonium of war, just as dolphins have recently joined. But in
This is Sparta! yells the Spartan king Leonidas kicking the Persian herald into the baratro in Frank Millers comic 300 . That scene was later adapted into the homonymous film with considerable popular success, becoming one of the favorite moments of many fans of recent cinema. And despite the fact
Located on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Naples, the city of Bayas (in Italian Baiae) was for centuries the most famous place in the Roman Empire, a kind of Las Vegas where the rich and powerful came to hedonistically enjoy their riches, and the offer of leisure, luxury and corruption that it o
It is well known that the participation, even as spectators, of women in the Olympic Games of Antiquity was prohibited. In fact, even in the modern games, women were only gradually incorporated, and decades had to pass before they were admitted to specialties such as athletics, considered counterpro
The ancient city of Aspendos (today Belkiz), located about 40 kilometers east of Antalya in Turkey, was founded according to tradition by Greeks from Argos. Throughout antiquity it changed hands on many occasions, although it always remained the most important city in the Pamphylia region. The Roma
If we talk about three hundred Spartans it is almost inevitable to think of the army of Leonidas and the numantine resistance of him in the Thermopylae Pass , along with his allies, to try to stop the advance of Xerxes Persian invaders. Today there is no one who is unaware of this history, at leas
There is a rabbinical current that can be traced in some versions of the Talmud that mentions an eighth sea, in addition to the seven that are traditionally cited as surrounding the land of Israel:the Great (Mediterranean) Sea, the Sea of Tiberias, the Sea of Kub, the Sea of Salt (Dead Sea), t
Throughout history there have been men who have pursued power with extreme zeal and perseverance. See for example Napoleon Bonaparte, who achieved it twice, although the second time did not last long. One of the first that we know from the sources who did not give up until he obtained his objective
The greatness of a victory is greater the stronger the enemy is. Hence, his qualities are often extolled and he is wrapped in a halo of dignity that does not always match the treatment he receives when he is defeated. The Romans they used to keep this in mind, and that is why they left us noble port
Cyrus II the Great was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, after his victory over the Medes in 550 BC, reigning until his death in 529 BC. His conquests gave rise to the largest empire known until then, which stretched from the Mediterranean to India, and which would last more than two hu
The Syracusia It was the largest ship built in ancient times and one of equal dimensions was not built until the 19th century. The design was the work of Archimedes and for its construction the tyrant Hiero II of Syracuse (306-215 BC) turned to Archias of Corinth. She was 55 meters long, although so
The great national libraries they have such an immensity of funds that from time to time unpublished things are discovered among them. If a few weeks ago we saw an example in Prague, where a collection of occult books put together by Heinrich Himmler was found, now it is the turn of the Austrian Nat
Sappho of Lesbos she is perhaps the most famous poetess of antiquity, whose influence on literature and the arts is indisputable. Already the Romans dedicated statues and paintings to her centuries after her death. Her work was organized into nine books of poetry in the now-defunct library of Alex
In 1809, although fighting continued on the Peninsula , it seemed that the French dominion on the continent was unchallenged. However, in early April hostilities resumed between Austria and France in what would become known as the War of the Fifth Coalition . The Austrians invaded Bavaria and seemed
The Battle of Miraflores, by Juan Lepiani. 1894. • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS On February 14, 1879, the Chilean navy landed in the port of Antofagasta, which was then on Bolivian territory. Thus began the so-called “Pacific War”, a conflict which until 1884 involved Chile, Peru and Bolivia. For the latte
On October 6, 1941, German invaders occupied Bryansk in the USSR. A little later a technician at a local factory and a teacher at a local technical school, Bronisław Kaminski and Konstantin Voskoboynik presented themselves to the Germans and offered their services. The Germans accepted and soon a
Al-Qaeda is an Islamic fundamentalist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988 and responsible for several terrorist attacks, such as 9/11 in the US. The Al-Qaeda , “the base” in Arabic, is an Islamic fundamentalist organization founded in 1988 by Osama b in Laden, with the initial objectiv