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HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD
A bombastic biopic, but does it lose focus on facts in
Baron von Pfetten
If Philip II of Macedon had been defeated at Chaeronea in 338 BCE the history of the entire world may have looked very different
The most intriguing aspect of this book is that it’s written as a sort of ‘life in the day’ of the Colosseum, that vast edifice begun in Rome by the emperor Vespasian (AD 69–79) to entertain the masse
R eady for your old history lessons to ...
Somehow, it isn’t hard to imagine the scene of battle here, even on a sultry July morning when only the distant growl of a motorbike interrupts the crooning of collared doves. Perhaps it is the quiet.
Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with
