The trojan war

Carthage burned for six days. After three long years of siege, in the spring of 146 BC Roman soldiers finally broke through the city’s defences and began to slaughter the population. But still the Car

Cultural Crusader

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 cut-throat politics of Syracuse informed Plato’s thinking

Baron von Pfetten

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