For the Eastern Roman Empire -- known to us as "Byzantine" -- the Danube was a critical military and political frontier. In the disastrous seventh century this frontier was overwhelmed by invading ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 1,600-year-old Roman military structure during excavations in the ancient town of Hasankeyf, southeastern Türkiye, shedding new light on the region's ...

Lebanon is described as an Arab country, and one that is failed and broken. But what most people don’t realize is, Lebanon is ...

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The Varangian Guard was a group of Viking mercenaries who served the Byzantine Empire and were highly valued by the Byzantine emperor.

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the ... Historians call the republic’s later, third phase the Dominate—during which military emperors, ruling from wherever military necessity ...

Summary: Throughout history, fire has been a devastating weapon, from the Byzantine Empire's secretive "Greek fire" to modern flamethrowers and incendiary weapons. The U.S. military has largely ...

Under his careful leadership, the Byzantine army became the strongest ever, strengthening the borders and regaining ground that had been lost in previous centuries. His impressive defeat of the ...

A gold coin unearthed at the site of a medieval fortress in Bulgaria indicates the wealth of the people who lived there ...

ISBN: 1526796643 The Collapse of East Roman Power The Battle of Manzikert in August 1071 ranks as one of the most decisive military clashes you never heard of. When Sultan Alp Arslan’s Seljuk Turks ...

Francis was born September 30, 1934 in Youngstown to Stephen and Susan (Goske) Kotasek and grew up in the Lansingville ...