Check into the Hotel Due Torri, the city’s most historic grand dame with an impressive collection of antiques. Sip local ...

When we think of Rome and the Pope, we don't necessarily think of a Greek Pope. However, many Popes in the past had been of ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

The Mughal Empire, with its grand palaces, opulent courts, and immense wealth, is often regarded as one of the richest ...

The Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived state that emerged during the Fourth Crusade after the sack of Constantinople in 1204.

The Easter story is one of a king laying down his life for what the people needed, even as they mocked and crucified him, ...

If it seems that we are more Roman than Christian these days, it can help to recall that the hero of Easter is Jesus and not ...

Ralph Raico’s scholarship on the origins of classical liberalism serves as an essential counterweight to Hayek‘s Anglocentrism.

Rome was famous for rejecting the idea of kingship. For almost 500 years, Rome was a staunch Republic, with rules in place to ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

This period of climatic cooling is believed to have played a significant role in the collapse of the Roman Empire. Tom Gernon, professor of earth science at the University of Southampton, said: "When ...

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