Posted by Powee Celdran “The Greeks began to fling their fire all around; and the Rusii seeing the flames threw themselves in haste from their ships, preferring to be drowned in the water rather than burned alive in the fire.” -Liutprand of Cremona on Greek Fire, 941 As I have written a long post onContinue reading “Byzantine naval warfare, siege weapons, battle tactics”
Category Archives: Roman/ Byzantine/ Medieval eras
Military figures sketches- Byzantium
Posted by Powee Celdran For another time, I am back blogging about the amazing world of Byzantium, this time it would be plainly focusing on Byzantium’s interesting and very detailed military. he military was one of the major and most important parts in the history and civilisation of Byzantium. The Byzantine Empire, which lasted forContinue reading “Military figures sketches- Byzantium”
Byzantium- architecture, fashion, arts
Posted by Powee Celdran I am once again back on blogging, and my first time to blog in 2015, and as I said I would continue my historical blogging especially about Byzantium. Once again, I am back discussing the grew powerful Byzantine Empire, which lasted for about 1000 years. This time the topic would notContinue reading “Byzantium- architecture, fashion, arts”
Early Middle-Ages- Byzantium and Eastern Europe- the basics, part 2
Here in Part II of Early Medieval Europe, it will describe the eastern world this time. The eastern world was not fully just the powerful Byzantine Empire but the lands it controlled and lands and people tom other areas. In the eastern part of Europe, the Byzantine Empire was located there in the time theContinue reading “Early Middle-Ages- Byzantium and Eastern Europe- the basics, part 2”
Early Middle-Ages, Europe- the basics part1
The early Medieval era or the era of early Christendom was the age of the first kingdoms and empires of Europe when Europe began to form into how it is now. This first part of the article on the Early Medieval Europe basics will focus on the western side and the story of Europe’s kingdoms.Continue reading “Early Middle-Ages, Europe- the basics part1”
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