Europe

Etruria

Existing from the 8th-1st centuries BC, Etruscan civilization inhabited part of western central Italy. They [...]

Franks

The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes from east of the Rhine. Roman authorities [...]

Italy

Apulia900-200 BCApulia is the part of Italy closest to Greece, and Mycenaean Greeks began trading [...]

Lombards

Italy was devastated by the wars of the short-lived Byzantine reconquest after 553 and the [...]

Medieval Europe

Early Medieval EuropeAD 300-1100The transition from the late Roman world to that of medieval successor [...]

Ostrogarths

The Ostrogoths originally came from the Ukraine. Under king Theoderic they had migrated through the [...]

Protestant Reformation

In the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation transformed religion in Europe. The Catholic Church, long [...]

René Descartes

Born in France1596René Descartes was born into a world where religious conflict had been the [...]

Samnites

The Samnites were a warlike mountain race put up Italy's fiercest resistance to the onslaught [...]

Umbri

A population of ancient Italy, Umbrians lived east of the Tiber among the hills of [...]

Vandals

MigrationAD 409The Vandals, Alans, Suevi and other peoples migrated from central Europe to the Roman [...]

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