How did the Phalanx work? (A complete guide)
In our modern-day world, the phalanx as a military formation is long obsolete. And yet the word phalanx is still a major part of our language. Terms like „standing together…
The timeperiod from 500 BC to 500 AD
Did Alexander the Great use war elephants? (Explained)
The most prominent use of war elephants was Hannibal marching across the Alps with his 37 war elephants. But war elephants had been used in India for centuries before they…
Did Roman Gladiators fight to the death? (A complete guide)
Many movies portray the Idea of Gladiator fights being one big carnage and that the fights automatically ended in the death of one of the combatants. That wasn`t usually the…
Did Alexander the Great conquer India? (Explained)
Alexander the Great is known as one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. The lands he conquered stretched from Macedonia to the east. But how far to the…