Conquest

Showing 61–72 of 120 results

Persian Invasion and Capture of Athens 480 BCE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Persian Invasion and Capture of Athens 480 BCE

£2.99

Angered by their defeat at the Battle of Marathon, the Persians, under their new king, Xerxes I, were determined to subjugate Greece. Greece comprised a series of city-states, with Athens and Sparta the most powerful. In spring 480 BCE the Persians launched a combined land and sea invasion. The Persian... More
Persian Retreat from Athens 480 BCE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Persian Retreat from Athens 480 BCE

£2.99

After the Persian army invaded Attica and took Athens in 480 BCE, they set fire to the Acropolis and destroyed much of the city. This angered the Athenians, many of whom had evacuated to Salamis, off the coast of Attica. In retaliation, they lured the Persian fleet towards Salamis into... More
Pizarro and the end of the Incas 1524–42
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Pizarro and the end of the Incas 1524–42

£2.99

Francisco Pizarro made two preliminary expeditions to Peru, before his decisive campaign of 1531–32. The second expedition yielded enough gold, silver, emeralds and exotica such as llama, for Pizarro to return to Spain and plead for support directly from the king. This was granted, and royal backing garnered further recruits... More
Pliska 811
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Pliska 811

£2.99

The battle of Pliska began in the Varbica Pass in Bulgaria on 25 July 811. Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus, who had long been planning an invasion of Bulgaria, set off with 80,000 men in June 811. His army quickly plundered its way through Bulgarian territory and made its way to the... More
Rise of Macedonia to 336 BCE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Rise of Macedonia to 336 BCE

£2.99

Until the middle of the 4th century BCE, Macedonia survived in the shadow of the powerful Greek city-states to its south, Athens, Sparta and Thebes. When it captured northern Thessaly, Thebes intervened and retook the key city of Larissa, also insisting on taking the Macedonian king’s son (the future Philip... More
Roman Britain and the Saxon Shore c. 410 CE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Roman Britain and the Saxon Shore c. 410 CE

£2.99

By 410 CE, the Roman Empire had crumbled and Britain, at the periphery of the Roman Empire, began to come under increased threat from marauding tribes whilst Rome weakened. Troops and money could not be spared to defend Britain from increasingly frequent raids by Picts and Scoti in the north... More
Roman Conquest of Britain 43–83 CE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Roman Conquest of Britain 43–83 CE

£2.99

Britain was not conquered until the reign of the unpopular Roman emperor, Claudius, in 43 CE. After an earlier token invasion by Julius Caesar in 55 BCE (and again the following year), Britain was perceived as a misty, wild country, inhabited by fierce, blue-painted warriors. In 43 CE the main... More
Roman Empire c. 454 CE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Roman Empire c. 454 CE

£2.99

By the middle of the 5th century, much of the Western Roman Empire was de facto independent, through the practice of federation, by which tribes were allowed to settle on Roman land in exchange for supplying troops for the empire’s defence. Invading Huns displaced several tribes who were driven into... More
Roman Provincial Development 50–410 CE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Roman Provincial Development 50–410 CE

£2.99

Julius Caesar invaded Britain (Britannia) in 54 BCE where he received tribute and subdued the Trinovantes. After this, he returned to his conquests in Gaul. In 43 CE, the Emperor Claudius despatched four legions to conquer Britain. After General Vespasian and his legion successfully routed the British, Claudius entered Colchester... More
Rome and Celtiberians 208–19 BCE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Rome and Celtiberians 208–19 BCE

£2.99

The Celtiberians of central Iberia fought as mercenaries in the Punic Wars (264–146 BCE), supporting Carthage against the Roman incursion into Carthaginian Iberia. The Carthaginian hold on Iberia was broken after the Roman victory at IIipa in 206 BCE. The southern and eastern Iberian Peninsula became a Roman province and,... More
Rome’s Successors 525 CE
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Rome’s Successors 525 CE

£2.99

With the collapse of the Western Empire in 476 CE, western Europe was soon dominated by three emerging powers, which synthesized Roman institutions with their own cultural heritage to forge a new identity. The Merovingian dynasty of the Franks ruled much of present-day France and Germany, initially under Clovis I... More
Russia and the Mongol Invasion 1223–42
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Russia and the Mongol Invasion 1223–42

£2.99

The Battle of the Kalka River (1223) should have served warning to Kievan Rus of the existential threat posed by the Mongols, but instead the competing principalities remained divided. In 1237, a much larger Mongol army, under the command of Batu Khan, returned to administer the coup de grâce. Batu... More