Author: See U in History / Mythology

After Marathon, Leonidas swallows his frustration and readies Sparta: he hardens the phalanx, stitches together alliances, and leads the Hellenic League. When Xerxes demands “earth and water,” the envoys are thrown into a well. The Oracle of Delphi proclaims: either Sparta falls, or a king dies. Prevented by the Carneia, Leonidas sets out with 300 chosen men, calls in reinforcements, and fortifies Thermopylae with the Phocian Wall. Around 7,000 Greeks face the greatest army in the world. The time to prove their courage had come. If you like our content, check out our original comics: Medusa: The Cursed Priestess -…

Why It SUCKS To Be a Brothel Boy (in Ancient Greece) If you like our content, check out our original comics: Medusa: The Cursed Priestess – Japanese Mythology in Comics: The Essential –

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Discover the saga of Takeda Shingen, the “Tiger of Kai.” From the young heir who challenged his own father to the brilliant strategist of the Fūrin Kazan motto, we follow his relentless campaigns, the legendary clashes with Uesugi Kenshin at Kawanakajima, and the reforms that enriched his domain. Amid fragile alliances, samurai honor, and ambition, we see the man behind the myth — his enigmatic death and the legacy that shaped Japan’s Sengoku period. If you like our content, check out our original comics: Medusa: The Cursed Priestess – Japanese Mythology in Comics: The Essential –

While he was still consolidating his power, Alexander faced the rebellion of the Greek cities. With a brilliant maneuver, he bypassed the Thessalian troops without shedding blood and forced Thebes and Athens to surrender, being recognized as hegemon of the Greeks in the League of Corinth. Sparta refused to follow him. At the oracle of Delphi, he forcibly extracted a prophecy that called him irresistible. Seen by some as chosen by the gods and by others as arrogant, he returned to Pella determined to carry the war all the way to Persia.  If you like our content, check out our…

Have you ever stopped to think about the cost of all the military gear of a Roman soldier? Behind the legionary’s armor lay a financial reality few know about. And that’s what we’re going to look at in this video! If you like our content, check out our original comics: Medusa: The Cursed Priestess – Japanese Mythology in Comics: The Essential –

After the assassination of Philip II, the young Alexander takes the throne surrounded by conspiracies, blood, and suspicion about his father’s death. While his mother Olympias brutally eliminates rival claimants, he has to prove that he is not a usurper. By crushing Attalus and winning over Parmenion, Alexander unites his generals, faces rebellious Greek cities, and marches south, determined to step out of his father’s shadow and begin his own legend. If you like our content, check out our original comics: Medusa: The Cursed Priestess – Japanese Mythology in Comics: The Essential –

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), born into an intellectual family, overcame serious vision problems, graduated from Oxford and taught at Eton (where George Orwell was one of his students). He published Crome Yellow, Point Counter Point and the classic Brave New World (1932), a critique of manipulation and social control. He moved to Los Angeles in 1937, worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood, studied Vedanta and wrote The Perennial Philosophy. He experimented with mescaline in The Doors of Perception (1954) and revisited his dystopia in 1958. In Island (1962), he proposed a utopia. He died on 22 November 1963. If you like…

Pancho Villa was a visionary and media-savvy revolutionary who funded his battles through Hollywood, until he was betrayed by American diplomacy. In a historic retaliation, he formed a pragmatic alliance with German intelligence and staged the only modern foreign ground invasion on US soil, attacking the town of Columbus. The response was a massive manhunt led by General Pershing, involving 10,000 soldiers, tanks, and airplanes. However, mastering the desert, Villa humiliated the neighboring superpower in a game of cat and mouse, escaping every trap to cement himself as the invincible legend who mocked the American army. If you like our…

The Iliad: The fantastic Trojan War If you like our content, check out our original comics: Medusa: The Cursed Priestess – Japanese Mythology in Comics: The Essential –