Civil wars were an endemic phenomenon in ancient Greece, in all its historical phases. Before the royal house of Mycenae dominated Greece it had to fight hard against the other Achaean kingdoms, the Peloponnese first, and the rest of Greece later. The myths of Herakles, national hero of the Mycenaea
Daisy of Valois (1553-1615), known as Queen Margot , Queen of France and Navarre, was the daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de Medici and the sister of Charles IX and Henry III. In 1572, she married the leader of the Huguenots, Henri de Navarre (future Henri IV), symbolizing an attempt at reco
This archenemy, so little known in our days, was a true villain in the eyes of Rome and whose affront lasted in the collective memory for many centuries. Perhaps his deed would be more popular now if he had not lived with characters of the stature and importance of Hannón and Hamilcar Barca , and
The Invincible Armada (also Grande y Felicísima Armada or Gran Armada) is the term usually used to designate a naval fleet that in 1588, and within the so-called Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604, was sent by King Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England, then ruled by Elizabeth I, with the aim o