Why was Alexander the Great seen by the Romans as the greatest military leader of the ancient world? This question would ...

The storied trove of Napoleonic materials owned by Pierre-Jean Chalençon will be offered by Sotheby’s Paris on June 24 in an ...

In the dying years of the 15th century Portugal surprised the world. Vasco da Gama's landfall on the Indian Coast in May 1498 was so unexpected that it strained credibility. A garbled rumour reached ...

To spare his life, the emperor offered up the largest cache of gold the Spanish ... which would run like a glittering seam through the whole history of Spain’s exploration and conquest of ...

From Athens to the British Empire and on to the US – dominant powers have used might and consent to exert influence.