Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

The Appia barreled through the country in a nearly straight line, carrying the Roman Army as the empire consumed southern Italy and embarked east ... There was no modern map of the route.

Geological evidence found in Iceland indicates that the LALIA was more severe than previously thought, playing a key role in the Eastern Roman Empire's ... transformed the map of Europe at the ...

This suggests that the LALIA could have put significant strain on the Eastern Roman Empire and adds to a growing body of evidence pointing to its role in the empire's decline.

At its height it was also the largest building of its type north of the Alps, showing the importance of London within the Roman Empire. A reconstruction of ... as a public meeting place (similar to ...

On a sunny and crisp Jerusalem winter day, a moderate crowd ... residents of the city in 70 CE– Roman Emperor Hadrian toured the Eastern Provinces of the empire, including Judaea.

Vibrant shades abounded even on stern busts of Roman ... "empire without end", but in fact its limits were pretty well-defined. At its largest in AD 117, the empire’s borders cut a line across central ...

At one time, modern-day Turkiye ... of countries on all continents that Turkish Airlines fly to with direct flights. The Blue Mosque In Istanbul is an icon Turkey is best known for. The Byzantine ...

Over 2,000 years later, travelers can still see his legacy in countries ... Empire — the largest in the world at that time. Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire as its coin-based ... the typical IQ by 2.5 to three points across the empire, based on data from modern studies that show a link between childhood ...

Modern Syria ... Seleucid Empire. 63BC - Roman general Pompey the Great annexes Syria - which becomes a Roman province. 5th Century AD - Syria becomes part surviving eastern Roman or Byzantine ...