All-night card games were hardly unusual at the Occidental Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. […]
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Fourth Crusade: The Second Siege of Constantinople
They set out to rescue the Holy Land from the Muslims. Instead, they appeared at the walls of the greatest city in Christendom
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Spartacus, the Slave Warrior Who Threatened Rome
Rome’s legions were sorely challenged by rebellious slaves and gladiators led up and down the Italian boot by the determined Thracian named Spartacus.
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First Jewish-Roman War
After rising up against their Roman overlords, the Zealots of Judea fortified their towns into immovable objects — to face the irresistible force of Vespasian’s legions.
By Richard L. Mattis
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Battle of Actium
The sea at the mouth of the strait was filled with ships both large […]
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Battle of Kadesh
Thirty-three hundred years ago, below the sun-drenched walls of Kadesh, the Egyptian and Hittite empires fought for control of the land now known as Syria in the first battle about which modern man has detailed contemporary accounts.
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of the Pyramids
The enemy that confronted the French at Embabeh, Egypt, more than 200 years ago was as merciless as the desert they had just crossed–but the Mamelukes did not have a commander like Napoleon Bonaparte.
By John Dellinger
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Rivoli
If his attack succeeded, Austrian Feldzeugmeister Jószef Alvintzy Freiherr de Berberek expected to surround and destroy France’s Army of Italy — and its 28-year-old commander, General Napoleon Bonaparte.
By James W. Shosenberg
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Quatre Bras
Just after midnight, June 16, 1815, the citizens of Brussels were rudely awakened by […]
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General Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian Campaign
The newly appointed 26-year-old commander in chief of the French Army of Italy arrived […]