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Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire starts with the observation that “in a period of 60 years, the Roman imperial power ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

It’s ironic that it took the approval of a foreign emperor who had just conquered Napoleon to restore luxury status to ...

The goal of Nicaea—unity in faith among Christians—remains, but the methodology has changed almost 180 degrees and, if we are ...

This great and renowned sovereign of the Christians was the son of Constantius Chlorus (the ruler of the westernmost parts of ...

Did you know the button we now use as digital currency can be traced back to gladiator battles during the Roman Empire? Here's how the icon came to be.

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long distances and devised legal systems that were way ahead of their time. But ...

(See also: How three rebel queens of Egypt overthrew an empire.) A high priest of ... are believed to have continued until Roman times. The feast and its divine parade finally fell out of favor ...

Aerial View of Ancient Roman Ruins in Rome. Scientists have found that the 'Little Ice Age' may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire almost 572 years ago. For a long time, it had been ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the Roman Empire were high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests, according to researchers. The shocking conclusion has come from Polish ...