Daily Medieval

Italy was not unified as a country until 1861; before then, the separate regions/cities saw themselves as unique sovereign entities. This le...

In 286CE, the Emperor Diocletian decided that the capital of the Western Roman Empire should be Mediolanum (Milan) instead of Rome, leaving ...

The following tale, like much of early history, cannot be confirmed, but it has come down to us as an actual event with actual consequences....