In battle, he wore a linen cuirass (), was brave and intrepid, especially skilled in throwing the spear and, next to Achilles, the swiftest of all the Greeks.

He belonged to a respectable family of political background, especially since his father served as Governor of Herat who died in a battle defending the Afghans.

Current advances in energy storage allow for energy densities as high as 2. 5 MJ / m³, which means that a battery delivering 32 MJ of energy would require a volume of 12. 8 m³ ; this is not a viable volume for use in a modern main battle tank, especially one designed to be lighter than existing models.

He was the god of battle and victory, especially when the conflict involved a foreign power.

The battle in the Marshall Islands caused irreparable damage, especially on Japanese bases.

Yazirians bear a passing resemblance to Wookiees in Star Wars especially in the matter of battle rage or a berserker state of mind.

Æthelfrith, who was for years a successful war-leader, especially against the native British, was eventually killed in battle around 616 by Raedwald of East Anglia at the River Idle.

The historical views of this battle fall into three great phases, both in the East and especially in the West.

A recurring theme, especially in children's dinosaur books, is a climactic showdown or battle between Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus.

The Lyceum was used as a hospital during the Civil War for both Union and Confederate soldiers, especially those who were wounded at the battle of Shiloh.

The defeat was widely blamed on the European monarchs, especially Emperor Frederick II and King Béla IV of Hungary, who had refused to help, and the unexpected and humiliating escape from the battle of Henry's Upper Silesian cousin Mieszko II the Fat, who was tricked by the Mongols into retreating in the decisive moment of the battle.

Maxentius of course had consulted soothsayers before battle, as was customary practice, and it can be assumed that they reported favourable omens, especially as the day of battle would be his dies imperii, the day of his accession to the throne ( which was October 28, 306 ).

Christian tradition, especially Lactantius and Eusebius of Caesarea, claims that Constantine fought under the labarum in that battle, revealed to him in a dream.

This defeat all but ended the Indian wars in the Midwest, especially as Tecumseh was killed in a battle in Canada in 1813.

Carrier battle groups are especially well defended, as not only do they typically consist of many vessels with heavy air defence armament but they are also able to launch fighter jets for combat air patrol overhead to intercept incoming airborne threats.

At Joseph Stalin's insistence, the film was rushed into theaters and the resulting sound recording was notably disappointing, while the visual images were quite impressive, especially the spectacular battle on the ice.

He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles.

All of these psychological factors made battle especially difficult for the infantrymen.

The emperor's successes, especially his victory over the Lombards at the battle of Cortenuova ( 1237 ), only embittered the opposition between Church and State.

Fife songs were especially celebrated, and were performed on fields of battle during the American Revolution.

Kings and other rulers flew flags, especially in battle.

Steel warships as well as wooden ones need ship's carpenters, especially for making emergency repairs in the case of battle or storm damage.

As the battle progressed, Zollicoffer was killed, Crittenden was unable to lead the Confederate force since he was probably intoxicated and the Confederates were turned back and routed by a Union bayonet charge, suffering 533 casualties from their force of 4, 000.

* 1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

Ares may also be accompanied by Kydoimos, the demon of the din of battle ; the Makhai (" Battles "); thev " Hysminai " (" Acts of manslaughter "); Polemos, a minor spirit of war, or only an epithet of Ares, since it has no specific dominion ; and Polemos's daughter, Alala, the goddess or personification of the Greek war-cry, whose name Ares uses as his own war-cry.

It has also been argued that this is the third part of the poem since it describes the settings during the time lapse before the final battle between Beowulf and the Dragon.

The Athenians initially had no need to seek battle, since they had managed to confine the Persians to the plain of Marathon.

Chechnya was a country in the Northern Caucasus which has been in almost constant battle against foreign rule since the 15th century.

The battle itself has long been regarded as a key moment in the Saxon advance, since in reaching the Bristol Channel, the West Saxons divided the Britons west of the Severn from land communication with those in the peninsula to the south of the Channel.

The adoption of massed cavalry in China also broke the tradition of the chariot-riding Chinese aristocracy in battle, which had been in use since the ancient Shang Dynasty ( c. 1600 BC-1050 BC ).

The saga of Hrolf Kraki adds that since Skuld was half-elven, she was very skilled in witchcraft ( seiðr ), and this to the point that she was almost invincible in battle.

During the standards committee battle over whether the " minimum trip count " for the FORTRAN 77 < CODE > DO </ CODE > statement should be zero ( allowing no execution of the block ) or one ( the " plunge-ahead " < CODE > DO </ CODE >), another facetious alternative was proposed ( by Loren Meissner ) to have the minimum trip be two — since there is no need for a loop if it is only executed once.

This was a blow for the Holy Roman Empire since many major cities were sacked and as many as 132 ships sunk ( once even 28 in a single battle ).

If battle was refused by the defender, they would generally retreat to their city, in which case the attackers generally had to content themselves with ravaging the surrounding countryside, since siegecraft was not efficient, at least until the 5th century BC.

They inflicted a few resounding defeats to the French army ; the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 was the first major land battle lost by France since its victory at Rocroi in 1643.

The film was particularly unsuccessful in the UK, where, unwilling to tour since 1975 because of their tax exile status, Led Zeppelin faced an uphill battle to recapture the public's affection.

A family who lived at the castle since the battle had preserved it to modern times.

Ottoman defeats in the war caused Mehmed III to take personal command of the army, the first sultan to do so since Suleyman I. Mehmed III's armies conquered Eger in 1596 and defeated the Habsburg and Transylvanian forces at the Battle of Keresztes ( Turkish for Battle of Hacova ) during which the Sultan had to be dissuaded from fleeing the field halfway through the battle.

The Tatmadaw has been engaged in a bitter battle with ethnic insurgents, political dissidents and the narco-armies since the country gained its independence from Great Britain in 1948.

In most medieval battles, more soldiers were killed during the retreat than in battle, since mounted knights could quickly and easily dispatch the archers and infantry who were no longer protected by a line of pikes as they had been during the previous fighting.

Mercenary-on-mercenary warfare in Italy led to relatively bloodless campaigns which relied as much on manoeuvre as on battles, since the condottieri recognized it was more efficient to attack the enemy's ability to wage war rather than his battle forces, discovering the concept of indirect warfare 500 years before Sir Basil Liddell Hart, and attempting to attack the enemy supply lines, his economy and his ability to wage war rather than risking an open battle, and manoeuvre him into a position where risking a battle would have been suicidial.

In real-time strategy ( RTS ) game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, a number of the vehicles of the Empire of the Rising Sun are referred to as mecha, since they are capable of transforming from ground or sea units to aerial fighters, granting them additional flexibility in battle but making them closer to robots then to true mecha.

Moreover, since the delivery of fuel to a carrier battle group costs about $ 8 per gallon, shipboard production is already much less expensive.

Richard died during the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last English king to die in battle ( and the only English king to do so on English soil since Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 ).