AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square ...

The last days of dying empires are dominated by idiots. The Roman, Mayan, French, Habsburg, Ottoman, Romanoff, Iranian and ...

As the Roman Empire fell into serious decline in the 5th century, there were several attempts to restore Roman power amid the ...

Greek fire was the mysterious weapon used by the Byzantines to destroy enemies and prospective invaders, keeping the Empire strong.

They read Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volume I published in 1776—what timing!) and fretted that their republic would follow the fate of the licentious Roman Empire.

Scientists have recreated the elusive Egyptian blue, a pigment used by ancient Egyptian artists for thousands of years.

Greece dismissed Turkey's criticism over a map presented as a gift to Patriarch Bartholomew, saying the gift was "purely ...

When Pope Leo XIV ascended to the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica two weeks ago, he was bathed in the shadow of a long-gone ...

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be ...

The British model provides a striking contrast. Since the 1996 Treasure Act, British law has required that significant ...

Beyond the palaces, an ensemble sings about the workers who built a city on water – and the newcomers who sustain it.