The Byzantine Empire took advantage of the Arab civil war that brought the Abbasid dynasty to power. Emperor Constantine V Isaurus recovered territories and fortresses in Asia Minor. One of them was the fortress of Kamachos, in the region of the Upper Euphrates. The fort in question had fallen into
Before I opened this blog, I wanted to do the Crazy King Series. In world history, there are brilliant virtuosos and incredible idiot kings. I wanted to write an article about such idiot kings. Actually, the first one was the second emperor Tiberius, but after investigating various things, it tu
Today I am going to deal with the noble art of gastronomy looking for the origin of three recipes as simple as they are succulent:the French omelette , the potato or Spanish omelette and the potato omelette without potatoes or egg . Before starting, I would like to point out that establishing the ex
In the Battle of Bailén (1808) General Castaños inflicted the first major defeat on the Napoleonic army, under the command of General Dupont , which meant a huge number of prisoners who were taken to Cádiz with the promise of being returned to France. They were held on pontoon boats (boats that, moo