The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was it? A sixth-century Byzantine mosaic depicts an amphibious monster—though ...

Constantinople stood against sieges and attacks for many centuries, until finally new technology—the big cannons of the Ottoman Empire—brought down the Byzantine Empire’s capital. The fall of ...

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On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a ...

Did the fall of an ancient empire a world away trigger the formation of modern Mexico — and is Mexican history inherently defeatist? (Luna Zhang) It’s a question that challenges how we’ve ...

Through Google Earth’s lens, we retrace the dramatic Fall of Constantinople in 1453. In just one minute, we chart the city’s imposing walls, the Ottoman siege led by Mehmed II, and the moment the ...

Following player complaints that the maps in the Battlefield 6 beta were too small, dataminers have revealed the sizes of maps in the upcoming game, confirming that some will actually be larger. When ...

Screenwriter Goldin debuts with an overstuffed historical adventure set in London and Constantinople on the eve of the Crimean War. Ben Canaan is a disgruntled 21-year-old whose dreams of attending ...

For starters, EA has gone to great lengths to prevent cheaters from being able to cheat in Battlefield 6. However, nothing is perfect and some cheaters have found their way into the game. With that ...

All live service games are made with the mantra "if you build it, they will come," but Concord, Babylon's Fall, and Anthem are all cautionary tales that prove there are no guarantees. It would've been ...