Venice transformed from a modest refuge into a dominant Mediterranean power. Despite various crises and encircling ...

Supporters of Elon Musk claimed his "Nazi salute" was actually a "Roman salute," but historians said there was never such a thing.

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the walk to Canossa, the birth of George Beverly Shea, and the ...

The Trump-named cryptocurrency is valued at more than $6 billion after its first week, but it mimics moves made by ancient ...

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, participated in an ecumenical service at the Basilica of St Paul’s Outside the ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a trove of 141 ancient Roman coins worth more than €300,000 ($310,000).

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...

In A.D. 41, Roman Emperor Caligula, 28, was assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard after a reign of nearly four years; he was succeeded by his uncle Claudius.

Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

On this day in aviation history, January 22, 1926, an aircraft called Plus Ultra set off to become the first aircraft to fly ...