The Battle of Tricamarum (533 AD) led to the collapse of the Vandal Kingdom. It pitted the Byzantine Empire, under its able general Belisarius, against the illustrious Vandal Kingdom, under King ...

When in 955 ad a 20,000-strong force of Magyar raiders besieged the city of Augsburg, Saxon King Otto I gathered an army to ...

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine borderlands.

On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.

Violence is not a Jewish invention, nor is it unique to the Middle East. War is a constant of human history, regardless of ...

We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.

A few days ago, as President Tinubu was making news for all the wrong reasons in Ankara, on the heels of his state visit to ...

A cache of 18th-century letters reveals Suzanne Vera’s ancestral link to the French acquisition of the Venus de Milo, tracing a remarkable Greek family story of diplomacy, revolution and cultural ...

Holding company claims that resolutions to oust leadership at shareholder meeting had not been ‘validly’ passed ...

Cultural heritage authorities have designated legal boundaries and a protected zone for the historical site of Batvand in ...

The regular price for Heinz Beans is £1.40. But with Clubcard you can get two for £2. Buy the three-pack with Aldi Price Match and it drops to 92p a tin. Use Clubcard on a four-pack and that falls to ...

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