The creed set the standard for orthodoxy for 1,700 years. But no one professes the faith today in the ancient Turkish town ...

The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling his position as emperor. Following his precedent, Rome would be ruled by ...

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On May 27 and 28, 1775, the mighty British military suffered an embarrassing blow at the hands of American colonists.

When Chelsea and East Boston commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Revolution’s first naval battle this weekend, ...

Alexander the Great's vast empire was built upon his keen and continuously changing battle tactics, which depended on the enemy and terrain.

An ancient inscription indicates that in 262 AD there was another battle at Thermopylae between the Greeks and the Goths.

Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...

SAN ANTONIO — Every year, for 133 years, the Battle of Flowers has rolled through downtown San Antonio streets, cementing itself as a must-see for many fiesta-goers each year. Participating in ...

Grant on April 9 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. A few months prior to that surrender — Feb. 20, 1865 — was the Battle of Fort Myers. Cathy Chestnut wrote about that battle in the Feb. 21 ...

The struggle to find a cheap house in America is transforming some places with lower-priced homes into battlefields, pitting Wall Street landlords and other investor-owners against traditional ...