Alexios Philanthropinos came from a military family. In 1294 he was appointed by Andronikos, commander of the border forces on the Maeander River. General Livadarios was appointed commander of the other Asia Minor forces. Philanthropinos recruited many Cretan refugees into the army – after a rev
Yesterday, Sunday, Turkey elected a new president, and it looks like his name will be Recep Tayyip Erdoğan again. While that election wasnt quite as a foregone conclusion as Erdoğan might have wished, now fifteen years in power, he is clearly the most influential politician Turkey has had in a long
On the death of Sancho III el Mayor de Pamplona , in the year 1035, his second son, Ferdinand , went on to govern the county of Castile, although adopting the royal title. Two years later, in 1037, the new Castilian monarch faced the king of León Bermudo III on the battlefield , of which he was hi
Around relics, such as body parts of saints or objects that have been in contact with them, it has always been considered whether behind them there is a historical reality and a scientific basis that can demonstrate, at least, their antiquity or, simply, it is fruit of excessive devotion and smoke s