Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...

Griffin, alongside the North Carolina Republican Party, contested the election results, calling into question the eligibility ...

“The Senate and Roman People” or “The Senate and People ... Some of these extremists see the phrase as a symbol of authority and power, using it to promote ideas of racial “purity ...

During Elagabalus’s reign, it was assimilated with the Roman god Sol Invictus. On coins, the stone figure is adorned with crowns and garlands and escorted by an eagle, symbol of his celestial power.

Unlike later monarchs, Roman kingship was not inherited. After a king died, there was a period known as an interregnum, when the Senate chose ... became the symbol of Rome’s power.

Anna Roman has the details ... Unfortunately for supporters of adding state symbols, the Senate rarely takes up those bills, so the symbolic bills tend to languish after passing the House.

In one grand destructive act, he connected himself to the ancient Roman emperors ... removing a garish and offensive symbol of Fascist ambition and Italy’s dismal history in WWII.

French courts may finally be taking years of complaints about sexual violence seriously, advocates and experts say.

As the Trump administration cuts NASA’s budget, KATE ARKLESS GRAY asks what the future holds for the world’s best known space ...

Connecticut clergy and state officials are celebrating the election of a new pope who, for the first time, is an American.

Doug Wilson has built a theocratic regime in Moscow, Idaho, where men rule and biblical teachings guide everything. Now he’s taking the model national, with a receptive crowd in the GOP.