The mercenaries have distinguished themselves, and are distinguished, from the rest of the combatants for fighting for a benefit, normally economic, and not for ideals or just causes. But throughout history, and on multiple occasions, they have also been characterized by being part of the personal g
If we talk about hitting an object with a stone ball, the origin of the game of bowling would go back to... no idea. But if we talk about an enclosure enabled to throw some balls through a lane, then we can place it in Ancient Egypt. At the end of the 19th century, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie
In 1366, the Byzantine Empire was, by euphemism, a state. The Ottomans, after capturing the Gallipoli peninsula in 1354, secured a stable bridgehead in Europe which the Byzantines tried in vain to recover. With Gallipoli as their base, the Turks rapidly expanded into the former Thracian and Maced
Marcus Furius Camillus is known as the second father of Rome, although his name recognition in Japan is close to zero. This time, I would like to write an article about Camillus, which is very important in Roman history, although it does not appear in Yamakawas textbook at all. Shine five times