Valentinian I: The last of the triumphant Roman emperors in the west.
Valentinian is sometimes described as a brooding and violent man. Ammianus Marcellinus, in particular, does not mince his words describingContinue Reading
Category: History
War Horse Part 4: The Persians
The rise of the Achaemenid or Persian Empire in the sixth century BC was swift, arguably due to the endeavoursContinue Reading
The Maccabees, a long-lost tomb and that curious Byzantine mosaic cross that adorns it.
Over the past few days I have been reading reports about what could quite possibly be the rediscovery of theContinue Reading
Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orleans.
Joan of Arc, wearing a breastplate and brandishing her banner, rode at the head of the uncrowned Charles VII’s armyContinue Reading
Some thoughts on Srebrenica 20 years on: the massacre the UN and Europe failed to stop and the end of the Bosnian war.
Please note that this article contains sensitive images of the Srebrenica massacre that may be upsetting to some readers. InContinue Reading
The Napoleonic Art of War.
To outline properly the scope of Napoleon’s military tactics we would need more than a limited understanding of military history.Continue Reading
The Napoleonic Code.
Napoleon wasn’t the first French leader who saw the need to thoroughly overhaul and unify the laws of France. AsContinue Reading
The Coronation of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French.
Who would have thought a relatively obscure Corsican by the name of Napoleon Bounaparte, would rise to prominence during theContinue Reading
The Peacock, worshipped and revered around the world, and not just because he is a showoff.
The male peacock is a large pheasant (peafowl), usually blue or green and originally native to India. He is knownContinue Reading
My Five Favourite Byzantine Emperors
Imagine yourself sitting in a lecture hall with a small body of students studying Roman history and as a wholeContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 