The Goths
Alaric I (395-410) the first King of the Visigoths
Alaric descended from the aristocratic Balti dynasty. He gained his military abilities at the court of Roman Emperor Theodosius. The Visigoths united after the...
Islamic world
Introduction to Arab history (6th century)
Arabia, is a peninsula between the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea. Arabia forms the connection between Asia (by the dry plains...
Middle Ages
Periodization of the European Middle Ages
Picture of the European Middle Ages or Medieval history is founded on several, deeply held fallacies. The first and foremost is that the European...
The Goths
Beginning of Visigoths migration (4th century AD)
The Visigoths were a part of the Gothic tribe; they left Scandinavia and settled on the Baltic coast of what is nowadays Poland. Tacitus,...
The Goths
The Ostrogoths (526-544 AD) and their war against Eastern Roman Empire
Athalaric, the grandson of Theodoric the Great, was the supposed successor on the throne as king in Italy. But, since he was not of...
Ancient Greece
Rich grave of a warrior or priest from Bronze age unearthed at Pylos (Greece)
Last year (2015) the University of Cincinnaty Magazine (US) and The New York Times announced that international team of archaeologists led by Jack L. Davis...
The Goths
Theodoric the Great as king of Italy (493 – 526)
King Theodoric led 100,000 Ostrogoths to Italy, about 20,000 of them were warriors. He settled them exclusively in northern Italy, on the former fiefs...