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Located west of the Danube, Pannonia was essential for the protection of the Roman Empire's eastern frontier. It had been occupied since 9 BCE but did not willingly accept Roman authority. Pannonia and Dalmatia revolted in...

A photograph of Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918) taken after his arrest for the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife on 28 June 1914. Princip was a member of the Black Hand...

Orašac Assembly, 14 February 1804, drawing included in Konstantin N. Nenadović's Život i dela velikog Đorđa Petrovića Kara-Đorđa I, p. 48, 1903. The Orašac Assembly saw 300 Serbian chiefs and rebels organize to revolt...

Miloš Obrenović, lithograph by unknown artist, included in Konstantin N. Nenadović's The life and works of the great Đorđe Petrović Kara-Đorđe, p.539, 1903. Prince of Serbia and a leading figure of Serbian nationalism...

Roman parade helmet made of iron, silver and gold, and decorated with glass gems, Berkasovo, Serbia, 4th century CE. The photo was taken at the exhibition 'Treasures and Emperors. The Splendour of Roman Serbia' in Aquileia...

Europe is a continent forming the westernmost part of the land mass of Eurasia and comprised of 49 sovereign states. Its name may come from the Greek myth of Europa, but human habitation of the region predates that tale, going back over...

Macedon was an ancient kingdom located in the north of the Greek peninsula first inhabited by the Mackednoi tribe whose identity was challenged by some southern Greeks but who, according to Herodotus (5:22...

Constantine I, aka Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from 306 to 337 CE. Realizing that the Roman Empire was too large for one man to adequately rule, Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE) split the empire into two, creating a...

Romani is an umbrella term used to describe a diverse ethnolinguistic group of people with a historical presence in Europe and West Asia. The historically common term 'Gypsy' is based on the myth that they came from Egypt. In reality...

Osman I, also known as Osman Gazi (c. 1258 - c. 1323 CE), was the founder and first Sultan of the Ottoman Beylik, which would rise to eventually become the Ottoman Empire. He was the ruler of a small Turkic principality among many in...