Why Total War Rome 2: Total War Has The Perfect Historical Starting Date
The long-running Total War series has gone in a wildly fictional direction with its latest entry Total War: Warhammer, but their core has always been…
Four Military Operations Which Were Fought In Abominable Weather Conditions
Rain and snow tend to make people stay inside with a nice cup of tea, hot chocolate, or maybe something stronger. As you would expect,…
Three Heroic Last Stands From Military History
The Battle of Thermopylae is the ultimate example of a heroic last stand. The few mighty warriors stood against hundreds of thousands of Persian troops,…
Gladiator: The True History Behind The Movie
Are you not entertained? The Gladiator is now seventeen years old, but it has stuck around in modern culture quite well. We know that huge…
We Ask If Alexander The Great Was Macedonian, Greek… Or Both
Right away this title is going to get a wide variety of reactions. Some people are already angry that anyone could say that Alexander…
When Spartacus and His Renegade Gladiators Gave the Romans All They Could Handle
The War of Spartacus was violent and disturbing. Gladiators and other slaves were fighting for what modern society views as the inalienable right to freedom.…
The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For (Almost) 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality
In November of 2016, Switzerland will have had a strict policy of neutrality for five centuries. Even during the World Wars, Switzerland was able to…
4 Reasons Hannibal Couldn’t Win The War For Carthage
Hannibal Barca inflicted one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the Roman army at the battle of Cannae. Nearly 70,000 men were killed in…
History from Hollywood: Why Historical Blockbusters Matter to History
Many readers may be put off reading this title and not bother with the article! However, please read on. Historical movies have a terrible reputation…
Movie Mistakes – Some Of The Worst Things Hollywood Gets Wrong about Ancient and Medieval Battles
Personally, I love Hollywood historical epics no matter how ridiculously inaccurate they are. Anything that gets history out in the world is okay with me.…
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
Most people are familiar with the general history of the Arab expansion after the death of Mohammad. The Arabs didn’t sit idly in Saudi Arabia,…
1904-5 The Russo-Japanese War: Japan Shatters Russia’s Navy and Global Perceptions
While Japan is today known as a leading nation in terms of technology, this was not the case in the late 19th and early 20th…