The Romans conquered quite a bit of it and most soldiers in the Roman army were either mercenaries or they were from colonies themselves. Soldiers from Northern Africa were no rarity, as a matter of fact, the Sybian archers had a very good reputation among the Romans. The Vikings, on the ...
So, you have guests on your show who clearly have a different political view from yours or maybe a different world view than yours and you don’t seem to care about any of that, you’re just like, “Hey, did the guy do a good investigation? Has he risen to the level where I can...
Once there were German Emperors, beginning with Charlemagne, in the West, legitimized by the Pope, they began to think of themselves as "Romans" (as in the Sanctum Imperium Romanum, the "Holy Roman Empire") and to dismiss the Emperors in Constantinople as "Greeks" or even insultingly as...
In order to combat with the much more powerful leaders in this part of the world, you are forced to find ways to generate massive amounts of income relative to your stature so that you can afford to hire hosts of mercenaries, whilst building up your castles with the view of ...