Battles

Bosworth was the deciding battle that set the course of English history for the over the next hundred years.

Pharsalus was the decisive battle of the civil war between Caesar on one side and Pompey and the Roman Senate on the other. No one knew it then, but its outcome ensured the death of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

The Battle of Yarmuk in 636 was decisive in world history. It established Islam as a world wide religion and not a minor faith restricted to the Arabian Peninsula. The implications are still being felt today.

The Battle of Austerlitz was the peak of glory and heroism for the great French Grande Armée, as well as the crowning victory among the numerous other military successes Napoleon had celebrated up until then.

More than any other battle, Tours decided the subsequent course of history. It stopped Muslim expansion in Western Europe and saved Western, Christian civilization from conquest.

The Norman Conquest of England transformed that island from a northern kingdom, oriented toward Scandinavia, to an Anglo-Norman Kingdom, oriented toward continental Europe. Here is a look at what led up to the Battle of Hastings, and its aftermath.

The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on October 2, 1805, destroyed a combined French and Spanish fleet of 33 ships. It ended all French hopes of an invasion of Britain and sealed British naval supremacy for over a hundred years.