During the Republic, an eminently agricultural society, the base of the legions was made up of free citizens who worked their land in times of peace and were recruited in times of war. But that part-time army model was clearly insufficient to attend to the innumerable and prolonged campaigns of conq
How many times did each of us complain about these mean shopwomen, straight from the previous era. They will not smile, they will not advise you, and they serve the ham with their bare paws. And all at a turtle or snails pace. It wouldnt have passed before the war! Many things were missing in t
BETWEEN 490 AND 479 BC. AD Greece is invaded by the Persians: This is the beginning of the Persian Wars. The Greeks defend themselves and crush the Persians during a terrible battle at Marathon. A runner carries the good news in Athens, for more than 32 km, and dies of exhaustion. The modern marath
Greece and Turkey (Ottoman Empire) clashed, unofficially, several times after the revolution of 1821. The great crisis finally broke out with the explosion of the new Cretan revolution, in 1896. In February 1897, the Greek government sent to Crete a mixed detachment under the command of colonel Timo