Read about the life of Francois L’Olonnois — The image of pirates has generally become quite romanticized over the last few centuries, and very often, the thieves of the high seas were portrayed in a rather sympathetic light, as brave men who stood up against an exploitative system. This image is, of course not entirely false. The system…

The reasons behind the successes of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is widely regarded by historians and laics alike as one of the greatest military leaders of all time. …

The tragic end of Marcus Licinius Crassus The road of Crassus to Syria The city of Rome started out as an ordinary settlement on the Italian peninsula, but with time as the centuries passed, the citizens of Rome subjugated their neighbors to become the dominant city of Italy. Once masters of the peninsula, the Romans clashed…

Whites vs Reds The deadly conflict of the York and Lancaster houses that plunged England into three-decade long on and off warfare is nowadays known as the Wars of the Roses, receiving its name after the white and red roses that came to symbolise the rival houses. Historians date the…

The truth behind the man who terrorized the seas In our modern day, pirates are one historical group who received their fair share of cultural depiction and inspired writers and filmmakers to immortalize the word pirate. Some depictions were wide off the mark and presented the life of pirates in…

From the 900s, when the Hungarian tribes conquered the Carpathian Basin for themselves, until 1526, the Kingdom of Hungary was a proud and powerful monarchy, one of the great regional powers of Central Europe. …

Learn the story of Attila’s hordes — Throughout the centuries, the conflict between settled and nomadic people was very much one of the reaccuring themes of human history. The rise and fall of large nomadic empires happened cyclically from antiquity to the early modern period. The most successful nomadic warlords were without a doubt the Mongols of…

Or how was David able to beat Goliath again? — Alexander the Great is widely remembered as one of the most brilliant generals and greatest conquerors the world has ever seen. In a brilliant campaign, the young Macedonian ruler was able to subdue the mighty Persian Empire, the greatest power in Western Eurasia during those days. If one looks at…

When people think of the modern Middle East, most instantly think of the Arabic people and Islam, as the dominant people and religion of the area. This, however, was far from being the case in the pre-Islamic times, as Arabia and the Arabic-speaking tribes, from a purely political point of…