The Battle of Tricamarum (533 AD) led to the collapse of the Vandal Kingdom. It pitted the Byzantine Empire, under its able general Belisarius, against the illustrious Vandal Kingdom, under King ...

When in 955 ad a 20,000-strong force of Magyar raiders besieged the city of Augsburg, Saxon King Otto I gathered an army to ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine borderlands.

A new documentary on aviatrix Amelia Earhart is coming from Oscar-nominated 'RBG' directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen.

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The so-called "conformity gate" theory may not be real, but fans of "Stranger Things" don't have to say goodbye to the hit series just yet. Netflix is releasing a new documentary that shows the making ...

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Uncover the lost secrets of a once-mighty empire. The city of Angkor, the seat of the great Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia for 500 years, was once the biggest city in the world. For centuries, this ...

In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. On board was an American diplomat, Francis ...