Mago Barca was the youngest brother of Hannibal and Hasdrubal and an important Carthaginian commander during the Second Punic War. He fought at Cannae, carried news […]
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Majorian came to power with Ricimer’s support but pursued an unusually active programme of military recovery and administrative reform. He campaigned in Gaul and Hispania and […]
Manteo was a Croatan man who travelled to England with the Roanoke expeditions and served as an interpreter and intermediary. He was baptised in 1587 and […]
Marcia was a woman at the court of Commodus and is traditionally associated with the conspiracy that led to his assassination in AD 192. Her story […]
Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a Roman general and five-time consul celebrated as the “Sword of Rome.” He won the spolia opima by killing a Gallic king […]
Mark Sykes is represented in the linked non-fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, military command and battlefield decision-making, and family, marriage and personal loyalty. These works […]
Modu Chanyu is represented in the linked non-fiction through exploration, travel and cultural encounter, political ambition and government, and empire, conquest and resistance. These works approach […]
Muhammad is represented in the linked non-fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, religion, belief and institutional authority, and court politics and dynastic power. These works approach […]
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman officer who led the Turkish nationalist movement after the First World War and became the first president of the Republic […]
Nathaniel Courthope was an English East India Company factor who occupied the small spice island of Run in 1616 to challenge Dutch control of the Banda […]