In 1461, Vlad III was on his second of three reigns as the ruler of Wallachia, a small Balkan country in present-day Romania wedged between Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. In his five years on the ...

When Prince Vlad III of Wallachia refused to pay ... He then routed an Ottoman invasion force 18,000 strong under Mehmed's grand vizier. Only 8,000 walked away from the battle.

the city of Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, threatening all of Europe with an invasion. Vlad was charged with leading a force to defend Wallachia from an invasion. His 1456 battle to protect ...

of Wallachia. He was known for his fierce resistance against the Ottoman invasion, as well as his cruel and sadistic methods of punishing his enemies and traitors. He is estimated to have killed ...

the city of Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, threatening all of Europe with an invasion. Vlad was charged with leading a force to defend Wallachia from an invasion. His 1456 battle to protect ...

Situated between Christian Europe and the Muslim lands of the Ottoman Empire, Vlad II's (and later Vlad III's) home principality of Wallachia was frequently the scene of bloody battles as Ottoman ...