Upon the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, one of his generals, Ptolemy, gained control of Egypt. How did he and his ...

In October 48 BC, the imperator arrived in Egypt to capture his rival Pompey. He ended up staying for nine months to fight ...

The First White Terror during the French Revolution was a violent anti-Jacobin reaction during the Thermidorian Reaction (1794–1795). After Robespierre’s fall on ...

Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE), originally named Gaius Octavius and later Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, was the first Roman ...

The first Roman legions in Provence in 125 BC, the barbarian invasions, the Battle of Soisson in 486 ...

The French Revolution (1789–1799) profoundly transformed the relationship between religion and the state in France, leading ...

Mirabeau was one of the most eloquent and effective spokesmen of the Third Estate in the Estates-General, advocating for the ...

Napoleon's Grande Armée Medical Service was a pioneering system in military medicine, representing one of the earliest ...

The Grande Armée was the name given to Napoleon Bonaparte's army during the Napoleonic Wars. It was renowned for its size, ...

The Battle of Strasbourg, also known as the Battle of Argentoratum, took place in 357 AD between the forces of the Roman ...

Women’s roles in Napoleon's Grande Armée, particularly that of the vivandières, became legendary and part of the army's lore.

Caracalla (188–217 AD), born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later named Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman emperor from ...