This battle took place in present-day Turkey in 378 A. D.
Quentin Tarantino’s Reading List
Writer-director Quentin Tarantino, whose upcoming film Inglourious Basterds opens August 21, shares his reading list with World War II magazine.
Offerings Left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Photographs of items left at the Wall, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Daily Quiz for July 23, 2009
"Scalawags" was the derisive nickname given to members of this group.
Daily Quiz for July 22, 2009
This ill-starred officer, who had inadvertently helped start Red Cloud’s War (1866?68), was made scapegoat for a junior officer’s actions that resulted in a humiliating defeat by the Indians.
Daily Quiz for July 20, 2009
The "Tariff of Abominations" began as a protective measure against this practice.
Daily Quiz for July 19, 2009
This was the last Southern state readmitted to the Union following the Civil War.
Daily Quiz for July 18, 2009
This notorious gunfighter died, not in a gunfight, but by falling off the wagon.
