The year 476 AD is often described as the moment the Roman Empire fell. But what actually happened? Romulus Augustus was deposed by Odoacer, a Germanic general serving within the Roman system. The ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being ...

Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

On the other hand, Rachman’s invocation (somewhere between a fond hope and plaintive cry) of a post-Neronian presidency overlooks the fact that the normal political order in Rome was substantially ...

The word "Olympics" is rooted in ancient Greece. In Greek mythology, the gods would descend from Mount Olympus into the town of Olympia to gather and socialize with humans, according to Matthew ...

Here are seven notable historical events that happened on Valentine’s Day.

There are different theories about why the holiday falls in the middle of February, but the month has always been associated ...

This series chronicles the lives of Rome's greatest gladiators - from Spartacus's defiant rebellion to Flamma's ultimate sacrifice in the arena. Their stories reveal the brutal rise and fall of ...

For decades, one theory has fascinated historians and the general public: the idea that the Roman Empire fell, at least in ...

Roman carriage ornament found in Essex depicts a panther crushing a human head, a brutal symbol of imperial power.

The initial mistake was embracing the anti-nationalist philosophy that Soviet communism had implanted. It metastasized in the ...