The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered impregnable, faced the formidable forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan ...
In this first ever biography of the Emperor Zeno (r. 474-491), British classicist Crawford, a specialist in Late Antiquity, uses the life of the man to help examine the convoluted history of the Roman ...
Washington: Potomac Books, 2012. Pp. viii, 266. Illus., tables, notes, biblio., index. $29.95. ISBN: 1597978485. The first systematic survey of military medicine in ...