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The Battle of Manzikert is one of those totemic PoDs, the moment when the Byzantine Empire began its inexorable decline and decay, sometimes with the idea that if Byzantine defeat there hadn't occured there'd still be a Roman Empire rampant in the Near East to this day. This isn't about that...

After the Exclusion crisis, the family of James, Duke of York & Albany and brother to Charles II, lived in Edinburgh. In 1682, after the furore had died down, he set forth from London on the 3rd-rate frigate Gloucester and a small fleet to retrieve his pregnant wife and child. On the night of...

Attila, leader of the Huns, and one of the most famous of the "barbarian" leaders who invaded and ravaged the Western Roman Empire in the 400s. But unlike the Visigoths and Vandals, he did not reach Rome itself. However, he had a marriage proposal from the then-emperor's sister. Honoria, sister...

Had a conversation earlier about the Belgian Congo (as you do), specifically about who'd end up owning it if there wasn't a Belgium. Except that even if there was a Belgium, there'd be no guarantee of it being Belgian, because the Belgian government didn't want it - hence why King Leopold, who...

So today I stumbled across the fact that, in 1570, Nahuatl was made the official language of New Spain; apparently, this state of affairs that continued until 1696 saw a great deal of Nahuatl literature being produced, as well as the language being taught by Spanish missionaries further south...

Inspired by discussions earlier today I thought I'd make a thread for the matter. Italy, going into WW2, was supposed to be a serious power, with one of the world's larger militaries, and at times it did perform with good results. Unfortunately, said record is marred by a performance in 1940...

I've just been chatting with a friend, and the topic of Carthage beating Rome came up, and she came out with this: from a PoD of Hasdrubal winning at the Metaurus and successfully joining with Hannibal and taking Rome. I myself ain't quite convinced about the plausibility of that chain of...

Just mapped the results for the 2018 Colchester Borough Council elections. All-ups on new boundaries in 2016 - but the council is otherwise by thirds, meaning this year the third places were up. Since last time the Conservatives took a seat off the Lib Dems in Shrub End, bringing the...