Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra, the lost tombs of such historical figures continue to fascinate the public and ...

The early Byzantine fortress Tuida was integral to the defense system, and this was the fourth coin of this kind retrieved ...

Faced with growing inequality and social strain, the plebeian council increasingly directed its energy toward social relief for ordinary citizens. Though no longer revolutionary, its institutional ...

This scenic route dates back to Roman times, and to writer Rachael Martin was the inspiration for building a new life in ...

It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...

The artifact, found off the coast of Italy, is believed to depict a larger-than-life male torso, archaeologists said.

For more than a century, experts have argued whether it belonged to the 11th-century ruler Constantine IX Monomachos and how the crown ended up on the far northern reaches of the Byzantine Empire.

Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...