The Western Roman Empire fell quickly. The Eastern Empire endured for a thousand years — yet it too faced relentless migrations. Lombards in Italy. Slavs and Avars in the Balkans. Seljuk Turks in ...

In Ancient Greece and Rome, pets brought companionship, loyalty, status, and love—from Odysseus’ Argos to Augustus’ raven.

In his homily, Leo offered a meditation on sin and said the ashes that Christians receive bear the "weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war.” ...

In the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire came dangerously close to total collapse. Civil wars, economic breakdown, foreign invasions, and a devastating plague tore the empire apart. At one point, Rome ...