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1 de may. de 2024 · The most famous of Muhammad Ali's mercenaries was the Frenchman Joseph-Anthelme Sève who set up the first staff school in Egypt and served as the chief of staff to Ibrahim Pasha, the son of the vali and his favorite general.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Basil “the Bulgar-Slayer” was one of the most brutal, ruthless emperors in history, thus his nickname.He was a Byzantine emperor of Greek origin from the Macedonian dynasty and ruled the vast Byzantine Empire for nearly fifty years, from January 976 to 1025. At his death, the empire stretched from Southern Italy to the Caucasus and from the Danube to the borders of Palestine, its greatest ...
16 de abr. de 2024 · Xenophon’s life history before 401 is scantily recorded; at that time, prompted by a Boeotian friend, he left postwar Athens, joined the Greek mercenary army of the Achaemenian prince Cyrus the Younger, and became involved in Cyrus’s rebellion against his brother, the Persian king Artaxerxes II.
20 de abr. de 2024 · Bolivar, a military and political leader, is considered the betrayer of one of the greatest patriots of Venezuela, Francisco de Miranda . Simon Bolivar turned de Miranda over to Spain on questionable grounds of treason and some say it was only to get a Spanish passport. Francisco died in prison several years later. 21.
3 de may. de 2024 · There are accounts of Celtic soldiers working as mercenaries for many of the great dynasties of the Classical world including the Ptolemaic dynasty, the Seleucids and the Attalids. Notable figures such as Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Herod the Great of Judea were said to have Celtic bodyguards.
20 de abr. de 2024 · One of history’s most influential battles, it is the grand finale to the fall campaign in 1813 that involved 600,000 soldiers, the largest number prior to World War I. Napoleon’s army also included Polish, Italian, and German troops from the Confederation of the Rhine, but it did not guarantee victory as he was compelled to return to France after his defeat.
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