Landsknecht were German hired infantry of the Renaissance. The term was first introduced into use around 1470 by Peter van Hagenbach, the chronicler of...
18th and 19th Centuries
Grenadier units were already perceived as elite at that time, and received various privileges. For example, in many armies, the privilege...
Grenadiers - selected infantry units and / or cavalry, originally intended for the assault of enemy fortifications, mainly in siege operations.
Grenadiers were armed with...
Stratiots were mercenaries from the Balkan Peninsula, hired mainly by states of southern and central Europe from the XV to the Middle. XVIII century.
Stratioti...
Origins
According to one version in the 10th century, light cavalry was mentioned in the Byzantine military manuals, which was called chosariori or chonsariori. In...
History
Immortals are an elite troop from the ancient Persian Empire. First appeared in the Achaemenid empire in the 6th century BC. "Immortals" are...
The city was founded around settlements at a ford across the Tiber River, at the crossroads of trade routes. According to archaeological evidence, Rome...
