After the capture of the city by the westerners, in 1204, and the establishment of the state of Nicaea, the Byzantine Army changed to a great extent. Recognizing the inability of the Byzantine cavalry to oppose the Latin knights, the leaders of the Empire of Nicaea formed units of mercenary knights,
The reign of Francis I of France (1494-1547) was brilliant in the field of arts and letters, and turbulent in the political and diplomatic field (confrontations and alliances with the emperor Carlos I of Spain and Henry VIII of England ). In her personal life… she led a dissolute and licentious life
As a result of the comment that Cayetano left in the previous post, in which he defined Messalina as an icon for compulsive onanists, I remembered a story that he had read in the book Historias de la Historia by Carlos Fisas -the bedside book for all of us who write this type of article- and now I
Hercules was a hero, present in Greek mythology, well known for his great physical strength. He was the son of Zeus and was helped by Athena in her 12 labors. Hercules he is a very well-known character from Greek mythology (in which he is called Heracles). He was a hero and a demigod, for he was th