It is considered, wrongly, that the type of hoplite warrior, which dominated the battlefields of the classical times, was a consequence of the creation of the institution of the city-state. In fact, the Late Mycenaean heavy infantry also fought as hoplites. Until the Trojan War (mid 13th century
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Everyone knows the story of Robin Hood, the English archer who, with a group of faithful, took refuge in the forests of Sherwood to fight against the tyranny of the Norman prince Juan sin Tierra and the evil sheriff of Nottingham, who take advantage of the
The Holy Company was the first regular military unit of the Greek Army that was formed after the fall of Vasilevousa. He fought heroically at Dragatsani, under Alexander Ypsilantis. The Hierolochites wrote history with their blood. Well done to the municipality of Messolonghi for honoring the hi
Sebastian Visconti Prasca was a peculiar case of man and general. Born in Rome, in 1883, into a noble family that traced its descent from the Dukes of Milan, he graduated from the military academy in 1904 with the rank of second lieutenant. He fought in the Italo-Turkish War of 1912, where he was de