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Top Three Great Roman Legions

Legio X: The Tenth Mounted Legion was the personal legion of Julius Caesar. Led personally by him when he was governor of Hispania Ulterior, the...

Wars of the Roses (1455 – 1487)

The War of the Roses was the armed conflict between groups of the English nobility in the years 1455-1485 in the struggle for power...

Slavic Paganism and Slavic Gods

The pre-Christian religion of the Slavs is based on three primary sources. The first are written sources, which include classical writings, Arab travel accounts,...

Silk Road – Connection between the East and West

The Great Silk Road was a caravan road connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean from Ancient times into the Middle Ages. It was used...

The Short Lived Serbo-Greek Empire

The Serbo-Greek Empire is the name of a medieval Serb state that significantly expanded its territory and took most of Byzantine Balkan possessions in...

The Greatest Battles of the Roman-Persian Wars (Part 1)

Perhaps the longest running rivalry in human history is between the Persians & Romans, and this article aims to give an insight into some...

The Story of Nikephoros II Phokas

Nikephoros II Phokas, 912 – 969, was a great military commander, and a Byzantine emperor 963-969. He won the war in the East against...

History of the Spear

Introduction: The spear, alongside the axe, knife, club and bow has been used by humans all around the globe, since before history. Our ancestors used...

Justinian the Great and the Almost Restored Roman Empire

Justinian the Great 482 -565 was a Byzantine Emperor from 527 until his death in 565. He was the last Emperor that united the...

Shichi-fuku-jin – Japanese Seven Lucky Gods

Shichi-fuku-jin, or the Seven Lucky Gods of Japan, are a group of deities whose origins stem from India, Chinese and indigenous Japanese gods of...

The Ancient Religion of the Celts – Celtic Polytheism

The early Celts lived in an enormous region, stretching from modern day Turkey through eastern and central Europe and westward and northward into much...

The Bogomils and Bogomilism, Christian Dualist Sect

Introduction “In the reign of the good Christian Tsar Peter (927-969) there was a priest called Bogomil (meaning ‘worthy of God’s compassion’, ‘beloved of God’,...

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