In this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the...
Gladiatorial games at first served as a solemn funeral rite to honor noble citizens. At the heigh...
In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to the Ivan III (1462-1505), who succeede...
First besieged in 305 BC, the island of Rhodes became part of the Roman Empire and was later fort...
According to Russian legend, in the year AD 862 the Slav tribes of what is now European Russia in...
In the second half of the third millennium BC the Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites migra...
A detailed examination of the elephant in war, exploring both the technical details of armament a...
From the beginning of the 11th century onwards, the constant sate of war amongst the various Indi...