Once Alexander settled his matters, after the great victory at the battle of Granicus, the Macedonian king proceeded towards Caria, as he had been informed that significant Persian and mercenary...
Ancient Warfare
After weeks of maneuvers, and wishing to involve the Romans in a decisive battle, Macedonian King Philip V led 25,500 men to the foothills of “Cynoscephalae,” a series of hills...
After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
As the Athenian force moved towards the northeast, near modern-day Nea Zichni, an ambush awaited them. Thousands of Thracians from neighboring tribes, foreseeing the Athenian colonization as a future problem,...
With a double range compared to the Persians’ slingers, as they used lead projectiles instead of stones the size of a fist like their opponents, they would be used in...
Once Alexander settled his matters, after the great victory at the battle of Granicus, the Macedonian king proceeded towards Caria, as he had been informed that significant Persian and mercenary...
After weeks of maneuvers, and wishing to involve the Romans in a decisive battle, Macedonian King Philip V led 25,500 men to the foothills of “Cynoscephalae,” a series of hills...
After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
As the Athenian force moved towards the northeast, near modern-day Nea Zichni, an ambush awaited them. Thousands of Thracians from neighboring tribes, foreseeing the Athenian colonization as a future problem,...
With a double range compared to the Persians’ slingers, as they used lead projectiles instead of stones the size of a fist like their opponents, they would be used in...