When Sparta launched her invasion of Athens, it was also hit by a dreadful illness that began in […]
Category Archive: GREAT MILITARY COMMANDERS
In September 331 BCE, Alexander marches east, into the Persian Empire’s hinterland. He heard scouting reports that Persian […]
Three months after the great Macedonian victory in Gaugamela, Alexander marches his army into the Achaemenid heartland. Invading […]
After winning the Granicus River Battle in May 334 BCE, Macedonian King Alexander III marched south to liberate […]
In September 1066, Norway’s King Harald Hardrada beats the English forces at Fulford and takes York, escalating his […]
Alexander the Great, the Macedonian ruler, is remembered as the greatest of military commanders in antiquity, owing to […]
Cyrus the Great was a Persian king who reigned during the 6th century BCE. Media, Lydia, and Babylonia […]
Ramses II, the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, ruled Egypt in the 13th Century BCE. He fought in several […]
If the outcome of these battles had been different, the world as we know it today would be […]
The 10 greatest battles in history are always a debatable subject around academic circles. This history depends on […]