Haunted by Ostrogothic and Hunnic raids, Panticapaeum still survived as a Byzantine citadel. It lived through a succession of Khazar and Slavic lordships to become the modern city of Kerch, now once more trying to persist through a precarious situation in the current war in Ukraine.
Despite travel limitations over the last year, we’ve been transported to a wide variety of places...
The photograph shows the 1935 Basilica, named after the year it was excavated and believed to date to the 6th century AD.
![LEFT The Charge of the Light Brigade and [inset] one of the men who charged: Cornet John Wilkin of the 11th Hussars, photographed by Roger Fenton.](https://i0.wp.com/the-past.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/post-1_image6-15.jpg?fit=768%2C429&ssl=1)
In this second part of his special on Balaklava, Patrick Mercer analyses the events of 25/26 October 1854.
Patrick Mercer, a Crimean War specialist, takes a critical look at the men in command at one of British history’s iconic battles.