Deriving its name from the Greek word “Kataphraktos”, meaning fully armored, the origin of the cataphract is in fact older than the Hellenistic city...
1) Viking sword:
Deriving its look based on the late Roman Empire’s spatha, the Viking sword was forged by the northerners of the Scandinavian peninsula,...
1) Housecarl:
Huskarls were the bodyguards of leaders in Medieval Scandinavia and England. This elite unit was the last defense for the powerful individual that...
An often-asked question in history is which country, from any time period, with its current or previous territorial hold and before, during or after...
1) Raids / pillaging / marauding:
Often seen as the staple of the European, North African and Middle Eastern trade routes, roads connecting towns and...
1)Cataphracts:
Cataphracts were soldiers first witnessed in history in Scythia, Messagetae or commonly referred to in early antiquity as the nomadic peoples that would be...
The Reconquista, a Spanish and Portuguese attempt at reconquest was a period of around 750 years in which several Christian kingdoms slowly expanded themselves...
