The Ancient Greek mosaics of Zeugma in Turkey are a true archaeological treasure that can be admired at the Zeugma Mosaic ...

A new study from the University of Cambridge has uncovered strong evidence that extreme drought played a key role in one of Roman Britain’s most chaotic and devastating events: the “Barbarian ...

The Samnites were Italic tribes that migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous south-central region of Italy in the 9th century BC.

The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling ...

John Glubb Pasha was a distinguished British officer. He participated in the wars of the British Empire during its last half-century in Europe and ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Due to a unique set of circumstances at the beginning of the 16th century, a teenage monarch inherited much of Europe, ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort in Oberstimm, Germany. The highly ...

With the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Rome entered a period of political upheaval settled only when Caesar's nephew Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra, took control of the Empire, and ...