The Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos had married the Hungarian princess Piroska who was named Irini. In this way he found himself involved in the dynastic disputes of the Hungarian kingdom. John gave asylum to a relative of his wife, but the Hungarian king Stefanos preferred him dead. When John
Today we mourn the loss, four years ago, of teacher Peter Connolly , British historian and illustrator, whose works have illuminated classical antiquity for generations of readers. For many, the last charge of the Spartans at Thermopylae, the clash of triremes at Salamis or Alexanders phalanx at Hyd
The battle at Caltabouturo in Sicily is one of the least known of the Byzantine Empire, but also one of the most devastating for its Arab rivals. The Arab emirate of the Aglavids extended into present-day Libya and Algeria. It had also extended to Sicily. In 880 AD the Byzantines achieved a great
In the area of pre-Roman Iberia, over 400 of them have already been found. Stone statues, sometimes reaching 2.75 meters in length, depicting animals including bulls, pigs. Characteristic of the Celtic societies of the Iberian Peninsula. How is it possible that two of them went as far as the Ślęża