Tag: Forest
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01 Work, The Art of War, Mahmoud Affifi’s Tarek Ebn Zeyad , with footnotes
Estimated for 4,000 – 6,000 GBP in October 2023 Tariq ibn Ziyad was an Ummayad general of Berber origin who made history in the late seventh, early eighth century. Most biographical records position him as a former slave who slowly gained favours before eventually leading the Ummayad army himself. His prominent role in the Muslim conquest…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Peter Janssen’s Hermann (Arminius) at the battle of the Teutoburg Forest , with footnotes
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varian Disaster by Roman historians, was a major battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire that took place at modern Kalkriese from September 8–11, 9 AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. The alliance was…
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