This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Karnataka, Bangalore (Bengaluru), India. Continue reading “Monuments from Karnataka, Bangalore (Bengaluru), India”
Monuments from Karnataka, Bangalore (Bengaluru), India
Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) and Sasanian commercial relations with N-E Russia
The history of the steppes of southern Russia has been viewed as a series of invasions of nomads from the east who displaced their predecessors, either annihilating them, absorbing them, or forcing them to move westward. Continue reading “Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) and Sasanian commercial relations with N-E Russia”
Raising an army in Post-Roman Europe – The seventh century Visigothic Spain
From the early seventh century the sources available to us are more numerous and more evenly distributed across the west. By this period, the ‘ethnic’ armies descended from the late Roman field armies had evolved into armies raised from classes of landowners. This evolution continued through the seventh century. Continue reading “Raising an army in Post-Roman Europe – The seventh century Visigothic Spain”
The speeches of Publius Scipio & Hannibal to their troops before the battle of Ticinus
Once Hannibal entered Italy, at first he encamped at the very foot of the Alps to refresh his forces. Continue reading “The speeches of Publius Scipio & Hannibal to their troops before the battle of Ticinus”
Polybius about Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps
The Rhone rises north-west of the head of the Adriatic on the northern slope of the Alps, and running in a south-westerly direction, falls into the Sardinian Sea. Continue reading “Polybius about Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps”
Raising an army in Post-Roman Europe – The seventh century Anglo-Saxon England
From the early seventh century the sources available to us are more numerous and more evenly distributed across the west. By this period, the ‘ethnic’ armies descended from the late Roman field armies had evolved into armies raised from classes of landowners. This evolution continued through the seventh century. Continue reading “Raising an army in Post-Roman Europe – The seventh century Anglo-Saxon England”
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