The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

Roman Emperor Constantine the Great officially declared Constantinople his “New Rome” and the capital of the Roman Empire on ...

The cardinals are tasked with selecting one of their colleagues to become pontiff. Tobin is one of 10 Americans listed as ...

Due to a unique set of circumstances at the beginning of the 16th century, a teenage monarch inherited much of Europe, ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with ...

The richest man to ever live was so wealthy that the rulers of one of the largest empires in history came to him for help.

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate change. But historians say that the real story is likely much more complicated.

"It also raises important questions about the importance and transport of exotic animals across the Roman Empire." The study, published in the journal PLOS One, was led by Tim Thompson, professor ...

From Vienna, the emperor, who was recognized by all as the supreme authority, was the structure’s cornerstone. If it was not a “state” in the modern sense of the term, the Holy Roman Empire could ...

While the Western Roman Empire, which included parts of Western Europe, Central Europe and North Africa, regained control of southern Britain in 369, they were forced to abandon it permanently in 410.

During his papacy, he remained a steadfast ally of the Carolingian Empire, especially in the ... the internalized conflicts such as with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, and headed the attempt ...

The study contributes a vital new dimension to our knowledge of Roman Britain, reinforcing the region's deep connection to the empire's entertainment traditions. These findings offer new avenues ...