Entry taken from the book From Covadonga to Tamarón. On many occasions and by many authors it has been considered that the county of Castile obtained its independence from the kingdom of León under the mandate of Count Fernán González, who held the position between the years 932 and 970 and who is
In 311 BC Carthage and Syracuse were at war once more. The Syracusans under Agathocles had suffered a heavy defeat losing 7,000 men. The defeated Agathocles retreated to Gela attracting the attention of numerous opponents to delay and allow the citizens of Syracuse to harvest before the arrival of t
The kingdom of Commagene, on the borders of present-day Turkey and Syria, was another province that was separated from the Seleucid state, around 163-162 BC. The satrap of the region, Ptolemy, taking advantage of the weakness of the Seleucids, founded his own state. Mithridates Is successor Kall
A few years ago, Krakow grandly celebrated the 750th anniversary of the citys founding. According to tradition, it was on the basis of a document issued in 1257 that the princely (and later royal) stronghold became a full-fledged city. Only that this tradition does not quite agree with the facts. Kr