The Roman Empire may not have gobbled up every community in its path. A Columbia University historian argues that the ...

Feared as savage invaders, the Huns posed a serious threat to Rome – but their goal wasn’t conquest, or Roman annihilation ...

Nestled in the lush valleys of northern Jordan, just a short journey from Amman, lies one of the most spectacularly preserved Roman provincial cities in the world: Jerash. Known in antiquity as Gerasa ...

When Voltaire said “The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire,” he highlighted a quirk of our psychology: we're rather slow to update our first impressions.

In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...

Our image of Rome, with its efficient infrastructures and splendid architectural works, is inextricably linked to the names ...

Dame Averil Cameron, who has died aged 86, was Professor of Byzantine History at Oxford, and a leading voice in a generation ...

This short tells a story about what would happen if Italy tried to rebuild the Roman Empire? They would start small, and ...

A viral meme from Iran Embassy featuring Donald Trump has revived the story of Shapur I, the Persian king who captured Roman ...

The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only ...

A study based on tree rings claimed that droughts played a role in events that led to the Roman withdrawal from Britain, but ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.