The Battle of Stalingrad began in late 1942 when the German dictator, Adolf Hitler insisted his forces capture the Soviet industrial city of Stalingrad. The Red Army halted the attackers and surrounded the German soldiers. The German surrendered in February 1943. The battle was the turning point of the war, and the Axis powers went on the defensive
Lucius Cornelius Cinna is the right arm of Gaius Marius, the father of Julius Caesar, the first wife of Julius Caesar, and the father of Cornelius, who is rarely mentioned. A person who has experienced over. Zhang himself who confused Rome Around 90 BC, which is said to be the first century of c
The battle of Vatheos Ryakos is one of the most interesting in Byzantine history. Opponents were on the one hand the Empire and on the other the sect of the Paulikians, a sect based on Gnosticism that had developed into a state within a state creating an independent territory in Tefrika, in present-
The most famous of the fires that devastated Rome It was the year 64 A.D. at the time of Nero . The legend places the emperor in the Maecenas Tower contemplating the fire and playing (to say the least) his lyre. Fires were frequent in Rome . A densely populated city, with a lot of flammable mater
At the beginning of the 11th c. A.D. Setina (todays Skopos village of Florini prefecture) had a special strategic importance. The Bulgarian Tsar Samuel had built an important fortress there. In 1014 Samuels army was crushed by Basil II Bulgarokdonos in the famous battle of Kleidi. Shortly after