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Today 249CE Emperor Decius declared that all citizens of the Roman Empire should make a sacrifice of an animal to the Gods. Failure to do so would be punishable by death.
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Andrew Latham takes a look at one of the main battles of the Third Crusade...
A Decisive Battle? Richard the Lionheart vs Saladin at Arsuf - Medievalists.net
While Arsuf was a tactical and operational success, it was far from “decisive” – or even very significant – on the strategic level.
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The Battle Of The Einars In the Snæfellsnes Peninsula
According to the Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), a man named Sigmund Ketilsson lived on the southwestern end of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. He lived during the Age of Settlement…
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St. Francis, Giotto and Geology - Medievalists.net
St. Francis of Assisi (c.1181-1226) and Giotto (c.1270-1337), would change the history of religion, art and ecology. Some 800 years later, geologists would examine the limestone used to construct the ...
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A little guide to who did what in a medieval monastery: abbots, priors, cellarers, almoners and more
The Roles in a Medieval Monastery - Medievalists.net
Here is a quick guide for understanding the hierarchy and various roles monks and nuns would have in a medieval monastery.
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The Ancient Dance-Off Of Mercenaries Outside Of Cotyora
A Greek mercenary company known to history as the ‘Ten Thousand’ joined the rebellious Cyrus the Younger in a revolt against the Persian King Artaxerxes II in 401 BCE. Within the year, howev…
Today 17AD The Roman poet Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) dies. was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace. Famous for Ars Amatoria ("The... View More
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New Article: Sir Francis Bacon. Lawyer, statesman, philosopher and Lord Chancellor of England, Bacon was one of the great minds of his age...
Francis Bacon - Historic UK
Born on 22nd January 1561, Francis Bacon was an influential figure: philosopher, parliamentarian and pioneer in scientific methodology. It has also been suggested that he may have written some of Shak...
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Something not mentioned in the article is she had a 'magical saddle' that gave her victory.
The Berber Queen who defied the Caliphate: Al-Kahina and the Islamic Conquest of North Africa
Seventh-century North Africa would see the rise of a warrior queen named al-Kahina. Who was she and how was she able to wage a war against the Umayyad Caliphate?
