In the city of Teruel lived Diego Marcilla and Isabel de Segura . They met when they were very young, he was of poor descent and she belonged to one of the richest families in the town, over the years, friendship turned into love... One day Diego had to go to war, he enlisted as a soldier in the Emp
The failure of attempts to conquer England (such as that of the Spanish Armada or the Battle of Britain in World War II) has contributed to the myth that British insularity constitutes an insurmountable defense for enemy armies since the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066, the last tim
After the disappearance of the Western Roman Empire at the hands of the barbarians, its inhabitants maintained Roman customs while incorporating other new arrivals with the peoples who settled in the old imperial domains. These changes were reflected on the tables, where Roman wine and beer from the
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