Make War

In all parts of the world and all civilizations the history of warfare, as well as the ironic humour of those who fight and die, can be traced...

In the Late Bronze Age, the world changed dramatically, perhaps this was the most dramatic transformation of human society after the adoption of agriculture. With the largescale production...

Numerous modern ministries of defence sack up thousands of young men and woman each year from armed forces for homosexuality, which is mostly deemed “incompatible with military services”....

In almost every medium of Greek art of the 6th century BC the hoplite and warfare feature prominently, as military service was a primary distinction of citizenship –...

Fighting wars was never just about conflicts. It was about the perception of one-self and our friends and relatives, it was about controlling land and dreaming about ancestors...

Sometimes walls strike aside attackers, but sometimes they just hide what is preserved inside of them. Instead of intercepting the incoming, they restrain the diffusion of what is...

The necropolises of the ancient town of Lychnidos were discovered in several locations within and around the city, but due to exceptional discoveries at the beginning of this...

The site of Viničko Kale is situated southeast of the city of Vinica in Northern Macedonia. The research of the castrum started intensively in 1977 when two intact...

Piran is one of the few cities in Slovenia that kept its medieval charm – mostly due to the tightly packed urban area surrounded by the city walls....

Today we realise that city walls do not represent only emergency responses to unstable political circumstances and imminent threat. Moreover, their imposing dimensions and the extraordinary care with...