Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common with mostly Albanian tribes settling in the fertile plains ...
Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
Inside the super-private Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles, and the strategy to clean them up and bring them back into ...
Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...
Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...
Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...
But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...
Archaeologists were recently excavating the Villamagna site in Italy's Macerata province when they made an unprecedented ...
This is a time for great rejoicing and liturgical renewal. The official version of the Roman Missal is called the Latin Typical Edition. In 2002 the Holy See approved the Third Typical Edition of ...
The Romans occupied what's now Spain from 218 B.C. until roughly the fourth century A.D. The fortress burial included a " ...