Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

Before various civil and military officials, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the spiritual and social dimensions of his episcopal mission, before taking possession of St. John Lateran.

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

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Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

the infamous emperor). In a single summer campaign, the brothers successfully completed their mission and the peoples of Raetia, Vindelicia, and Noricum were assimilated into the Roman empire, even ...

The French continued their campaign and eventually established a short-lived empire under the rule of Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I. In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is primarily celebrated in the state ...

THEIR INSPIRATION, A CHALLENGE IN OIL PAINTING BY MANET. EXECUTION OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. IT WAS TRICKY BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF BROWN AND BLACK AND KIND OF LIKE WHITE AND YELLOW. SO WE WANTED ...

Today, Hadrian's Wall is one of Britain's major ancient tourist attractions. But did this monumental defensive fortification manage to repel the marauding masses? Click through the following gallery ...