Warfare in the Age of Crusades The Latin East

Posted on Sat 13 November 2021 in history • Tagged with warfare, history, books, writing

The Latin East

I just submitted 26 regional and strategic maps for Volume 1 of Warfare in the Age of Crusades, The Latin East.

It's coming next month!


History: Judas Maccabaeus

Posted on Sun 07 November 2021 in history • Tagged with history, person

164 BCE

When Seleucid king Antiochus IV, 175- 163 BCE, lead troops into Jerusalem, Judas Maccabaeus lead a revolt in which the Jews were able to capture the Temple of Jerusalem. The holiday of Hanukkah is celebrated each year by Jewish people in remembrance of this event.


History: Apollonius of Rhodes

Posted on Sun 17 October 2021 in history • Tagged with history, person

295 BCE

A revolutionary figure in Greek literature, who ignored conventional wisdom that writers should stick to short poems, and wrote an epic known as Argonautica. Argonautica tells the story of Jason, who sought the fabled Golden Fleece.


History: Roxane

Posted on Sun 26 September 2021 in history • Tagged with history, person

350 BCE

Roxane was the daughter of a Bactrian Baron named Oxyartes. Alexander the Great married Roxane, 327 BCE, as was common practice, to cement relations between his empire and Roxane's state, which he had defeated. Alexander died when Roxane was pregnant with his only heir. Later, Roxane gave birth …


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History: Alexander the Great

Posted on Sun 19 September 2021 in history • Tagged with history, person

355 - 323 BCE- Alexander was the son of Philip II who took control of Greece and Macedonia after the death of his father, 336 BCE. Alexander is popularly known as "Alexander the Great" because of his conquest of much of the Mediterranean region, Asia-minor, including the territory once held by …


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History: Philip II

Posted on Sun 05 September 2021 in history • Tagged with history, person

359 - 336 BCE- Philip II was a king of Macedonia, and father of famed conquerer Alexander the Great. Philip was an admirer of Greek culture and Greek military acumen. When Philip took control of Macedonia he began to build a large army in order to ensure the strength of the …


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