Strategos of the Twittercon. Degrees in Prehistoric & Roman Archaeology, & Law. Enjoyer of Roman & Medieval history.
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The castle at Guînes was strong and well fortified and located just six miles south of Calais which had been taken by the English and successfully defended in 1350 from an attempt of the French knight Geoffroi de Charny to sneak a force in. 
• Origins •
Foreign troops had served in Roman armies since the days of the republic and some Rus warriors had served since the 9th century AD. 
In the early 6th century the Vandal Kingdom of Africa was ruled by Hilderic who enjoyed excellent relations with the Roman Empire. 
By the mid-late 11th century the Empire of the Romans had begun to falter from the incredibly strong position it occupied by the death of Basil II. 
The early history of Rome is shrouded by time and legend, but Livy wrote that in 361 BC, just 29 years after the Gauls sacked Rome: 
Born in 1157 in Oxford, Richard was the son of the powerful king Henry II and his equally formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
After arriving in the Holy Land and assisting with the capture of Acre, Richard then marched to take the port of Jaffa before taking Jerusalem. Avoiding the mistakes of Hattin, Richard marched his army only in the morning coolness and at a slow pace with regular rest stops, supplied by a fleet along the coast.
The First Crusade was called in AD 1095 as a result of the total collapse of order in Anatolia that followed the deaths of two powerful Turkic rulers and the danger that represented to Christians living in the east and Christian pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem. 
• Legendary duels • 
• Jihad •
• 𝐕𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 • 
Odoacer sent the Western Imperial regalia to the Emperor Zeno in Constantinople, signalling that the West did not need a western emperor and that the rule of Zeno would suffice for the entire Roman world.
After the Muslims failed to conquer Constantinople in the 7th century, they resigned themselves to raiding Anatolia. 
Caesar had been assassinated and Octavian and Mark Antony fought the assassins in a civil war which left the two of them, and the quickly sidelined Lepidus, as rulers of Rome.
The root of the conflict lay in the tension that stemmed from the independence of the Dukes of Normandy which was compounded when William the Conqueror won the crown of England. 
Basil was born in the purple chamber of the imperial palace in Constantinople in AD 958, earning him the moniker ‘Porphyrogénnetos’.
The roots of the revolt lay in the deadly mix of religious tension between polytheistic Romans & monotheistic Jews, and as discontent over the oppressive rule of the governors of Judea which caused anti-taxation protests which turned into riots which were violently crushed 
No doubt the crowning moment in Caesar’s career, the battle of Alesia sealed the fate of Vercingetorix.
During his Gallic campaign in the winter of 58 BC, Caesar learned that the Belgae were forming alliances in anticipation of Roman interference. 
‘𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐞 𝐭𝐚’𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞, 𝐎𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐮𝐩’