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The Trajan’s Dacian Wars were the two Roman military campaigns to conquer Dacia. They were ordered and led by the Emperor Trajan in 101-102 AD, and 105-106 AD from Moesia across the Danube north into Dacia. Trajan’s forces were successful in both cases, reducing Dacia to client state status in the first, and taking the [...]
Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, known as Trajan, (53 – 117), was the Roman Emperor who succeeded Nerva, ruling the Empire from 98 AD until his death in 117 AD. Trajan was born in 53 AD into a non-patrician family in the Hispania Baetica province (modern day Spain). His parents were Marcia and Marcus Ulpius Traianus, [...]
The Battle of Toulouse of 721 was a battle fought between the Frankish army led by Duke Odo of Aquitaine and the invading Muslim army of the governor of al-Andalus during the Early Middle Ages. It took place in Toulouse, France, in 721 AD. The result of the Battle of Toulouse was a victory of the Frankish [...]
The Spanish Marines, or Infantería de Marina, is the oldest marine corps in the world. It was created in 1537 by Charles I, when he assigned the Naples Sea Old Companies to the Mediterranean Galley Squadrons. Philip II settled today’s concept of Landing force; that is to say pure Naval Power projection ashore by forces [...]
The Spanish Tercio was a 16th century large infantry regiment, which consisted of 3,000 pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers in a mutually supportive formation. Also known as the Spanish Square, it was similar to the Swiss square. It was widely adopted across international lines and dominated the battlefields for more than a century. Spain had fought [...]
